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Dotted Lines and a Honest Review

Operations Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Qualys for 4 years
September 18, 2023
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Qualys has been fair to me. I can't get too far into the job because I am attempting to do this anon and they can easily figure out who I am. The work was interesting at first but from my view we are not doing anything innovative or cutting edge in my area.

Pay is fair, benefits are very good. Building is nice and clean. I am given a lot of autonomy in my role.

Cons

In my group we are given title bumps but no real increase in responsibility to match the title bump. It appears that there are dotted lines between organizations that matter more than the actual title of the person in a role. I feel my management is largely left out of discussions and we find out about direction changes haphazardly. There is a serious lack of diversity. It appears we are pushing everything to the Pune location and maintaining a thin US office. I am not sure we are being forthcoming to our customers about some of the things we are saying we do. Previous no work from home police, Changed to 3 days in office.

Little social interaction between teams and most interaction stems from former employees. Extremely high turnover. I am extremely embarrassed with negotiations with vendors. Lots of backhandedness and shadiness when dealing with them. I am not sure as a vendor if I would want to work with Qualys. Did I mention high turnover? My team has had close to 95% turn over in the past 4 years. Some new hires stay only a few weeks. This may be a by product of my attitude because I am laid back and generally get along with everyone, I might not even realize I am being treated poorly. But from my perspective they have been fair to me. I hope I can stay another 4 years.

Advice to Management

I think Sumedh is doing a decent job. With passing of previous CEO he took over and has made steady stock gains.

My management is fair and I can not complain about them. I suppose trust the middle managers to do what wa set out before them.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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