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Growth at all costs

Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cloudflare for 2 years
December 22, 2019
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good exposure to industry practice, especially if you're just a few years out of college. The product may not be flashy, but it's pretty critical to internet infrastructure, so you're working on something real, not an entertainment app. The office location is good.

Cons

Growth often means putting other things second. It's no different than other tech companies that have had rapid growth (i.e., breaking things, growth at all costs).

People are out for themselves, and few things are genuine (more transactional).

The biggest challenge going forward may now be PR.

As with many tech platforms nowadays, Cloudflare doesn't always know its clients. As the news revealed recently, clients include child pornography websites and white nationalists. Cloudflare stands behind these websites, touting itself as a 'platform,' but truth be told, it protects these people.

It's like Uber when they were found to do questionable and potentially illegal things to up their numbers.

Advice to Management

Growth is important, but there is such a thing as sustainable growth.

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