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Stay away unless desperate

TAC Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Fortinet for 2 years
February 16, 2024
Prague, Bohemia
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

It's a job. Salary is always on time. 30 days vacation.

Cons

Very toxic management. It feels like a totalitarian regime.

People are not allowed to express their opinion or to bring up flaws. If they do, they are silenced and marked as "negative".

The managers keep introducing extremely annoying rules and changes, which almost never work. They bring additional pointless tasks all the time.

Sometimes they will introduce changes that seem only there to justify the existence of someone otherwise completely useless.

Company is cutting costs a lot, removing bonuses, and cutting everything they possibly can lately.

Lower-tier managers are just puppets. They are afraid to question any decision or rules coming to them, nor bring any flaws higher. They try to hide any problems.

There is no point in sharing anything with them, as it just goes to a black hole.

The whole work organization is complete chaos. There are no proper tiers; everyone is doing everything. Senior employees are annoyed by noob tasks, while junior ones are stuck with advanced tasks.

80% of the job is a call center. You answer random phone calls, many times from annoying people asking you to "do the needful". At the same time, you have to do something more advanced and constantly be interrupted by those calls.

Progress is completely zero. If you want a promotion, make sure to become a puppet to the proper manager. Don't dare to question anything he says, especially in a team meeting.

Although it is questionable how much a "promotion" is worth it, since there are many cases where employees reject promotions because they are traps.

Management names and introduces positions with fancy names like "cybersecurity engineer" just to be attractive. But then you actually do call center work.

I am probably missing something, but the review will become way too long if I list everything. Just stay away from this place unless you are desperate for a job, and especially if you are a really skilled IT person.

Advice to Management

Hopeless

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
1.0
Senior Management
1.0

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