Rapid7

There are a lot of very talented people, interesting engineering problems, and good company culture.

1. Executive-level management is bipolar. I went through multiple hiring and spending freezes during my short time there, only to be blind-sided by an 18% company-wide layoff in August 2023. The layoff was such a surprise that I was the one to inform my manager that I had been let go - middle management was left completely in the dark.

2. The company is struggling to find its way forward in an increasingly competitive security landscape. Revenue growth has been stagnant and the company has been consistently operating at a loss.

3. The culture is meeting-heavy.

Pick a path and stick with it. A lot of really talented people got shafted because the company went on a hiring binge and then had to layoff hundreds of people a little more than a year later.