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3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(736 total reviews)
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Rohit Ghai

71% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Barracuda Networks has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 736 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barracuda Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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736 reviews
1.0
Jul 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They give nearly anyone a chance. If you know what you're worth, it's a good place to get in, learn, and get out. Don't spend more than a year here. If you do, you have no self respect.

Cons

The will use you. There is a major concern with racial discrimination. They claim to have a "path" in which you pass tests to get promoted although there are complaints about work visa renewals being threatened when employees question the lack of promotion. New hires making more than east indian leads that have been there 5+ years. Total burnout position with extremely low pay. Management keeps moral and confidence low to prevent employees from thinking they can do better. "Favorites" coming to work an hour late, leave an hour early, and come back from a 2 hour lunch overly "medicated". <--- This leads to a promotion. HR department is the worst in the industry. Generalists don't know what they are doing. The logic of hiring nearly anybody makes sense for the technology part of the company, not the HR part. They need more than kids straight out of a 2 year community college handling the communication and scheduling of recruits. Management continuously posts 4-5 star glass door reviews within days of a real review. Don't believe the actual average, just look at the low reviews and how long before you see a 4-5 star review.

1.0
Feb 29, 2016

Business Development Rep

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great team environment. PTO is good but can't use it until after your 90 days. 1 hour break but they would rather you take a 30 min break.

Cons

Horrible company an the way they treat their employees. Only had one week of training an automatically got put on a quota. If you do not hit quota, they will fire you. They only look at numbers. Not any other factors like working overtime or the time invested that you put in. Do not work for this company.

2.0
Feb 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Interesting problems * Some very talented coworkers * Seems like they are trying to fix some of the issues, but totally missing the mark * Remnants of the older, more laidback culture still exist

Cons

I worked here for a couple years, and saw almost all of the most talented developers leave. * Low pay * Abusive management creates toxic culture * Features are prioritized above bug fixes to an reasonable extent. The result is half-working products that don't sell (Barracuda's core business) * Deadlines doomed from the start, the result of which is employees working overtime, without compensation, or suffer management abuse * Popularity contest * No clear company direction * Lots of reorganization going on currently

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