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Engineers are Expendable

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Tenable for 2 years
April 24, 2019
Columbia, Maryland
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Working from home flexibility

Generous PTO and Holidays

Cons

Constant reorganizations, layoffs, and firings of quality engineers.

Below market pay.

Lack of career growth, mainly because you'll be reporting to a different manager every few quarters and have to prove yourself all over again.

Senior leadership is absolute chaos and has an inability to provide a clear vision or direction.

New Sr. leadership uses dehumanizing words during all-hands meetings and town halls, referring to longtime respected engineers who have been fired as "Resources."

New Sr. leadership refused to face the camera when addressing remote employees during his first all-hands meeting. That was the first clue a new round of layoffs were coming.

Advice to Management

Put your money where your mouth is with respect to rebuilding employee morale and a strong company culture.

The reorgs are getting old. Many of us are just waiting for August for our stock to vest before jumping ship.

Your behavior will catch up to you and likely it will manifest itself first in an inability to hire qualified engineers.

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