Pros
During my first week at Barracuda, a former employee told me to “treat Barracuda like grad school”. Though it felt more like high school than grad school, he was right. You get thrown into the mix and you either sink or swim. It’s a great learning experience if you make the best of it, and you make a lot of friends along the way. Problem is, the products are garbage and management has no idea what they’re doing. What’s worse is all the praise goes to the outside sales force when the true talent is in the inside sales team. Turnover is high for both teams mainly due to disorganization and realization that they can make more money elsewhere.
If you’re new to the industry and you’re looking for the experience, then Barracuda is just the place for you. You get the experience you need and then you move on. Barracuda is notorious for their high turnover and they do very little about it, which is probably how they make their money (especially since the stock isn’t doing so hot). If you’ve been in the game for a while, you might want to look elsewhere, although if you just want to leverage your role at Barracuda to another employee, that works too.
Working at Barracuda is like dating a new girl. When you first meet her and get to know her, she’s amazing and all you want to do is spend time together. You party and attend lots of fun events and everything seems right. But as you both settle down and get more comfortable, the facade of perfection wears away. Her expectations are way too high (no less than 10-hour work days), she starts monitoring your every move (making you clock in/out of your phone to monitor how much time you spend at your desk), and she gives very little in return (paid 20% less than the market). Eventually you realize how unhappy you are and dump her. It was a learning experience, and you had some good times. Now you know what not to look for.
To sum it all up, get what you need and then leave.
Cons
1. Disorganized sales cycle.
2. impossible to get in touch with Product Management. A lot of time is spent training the sales team to make every customer a "Barracuda Shop", but not enough resources are available to make the products actually work.
3. There is no real career path.
