DO NOT COME HERE - Anonymous IOActive Employee Review

1.0
22 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart people for the most part

Cons

You've heard of MBO? Here it's MBB- Management By Bullying. CEO thinks we are all there to serve her, not the customer. Very poor morale; everyone I know here is looking for a new job. The founder of the company needs to get a REAL CEO- our current one has no business acumen; if you don't kiss up to her, she won't like you. Expected to spend every waking hour working-no work/life balance. The parties are inappropriate- part of the reason so many of the decent people are leaving here.

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Pros

Great company culture of collaboration Lots of autonomy Diverse work opportunities Great Benefits

Cons

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1.0
1 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Talented and experienced technical testers. There are still good people on the technical team and overall company.

Cons

CEO hides behind the COO but tries to put a persona that cares about employees. COO is clueless and blames everything on sales. Just look at the amount of sales leaders they have gone through. The last one came from a successful competitor. He seemed like the most competent, relatable and treated people with respect but left abruptly. Did wonder if he was genuine or part of the executive mafia. The technical leadership is not what is was but a couple of good ones still around. Good technical people have also left due to the lack of career growth path. They laid off many people very quietly and tried to hide it and not call it layoffs. This shows you how dishonest they are and it starts with the CEO. Don't trust her smile and easy going act. It's exactly that, an act! HR is just as bad. There's an employee out of Europe who does whatever that person wants so don't cross the individual. That employee runs the show behind the scenes and even the CEO fears the person. The founder doesn't interact with people and believes this company is bigger than it is.

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