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      Coalfire

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      Coalfire reviews

      3.6

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (411 total reviews)

      Brad Little

      58% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Coalfire has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 411 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Coalfire employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      411 reviews
      5.0
      Mar 2, 2015

      Great place for self-motivated individuals

      Security consultant
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are a lot of opportunities at Coaflire for those who are willing to pave their own way. Coalfire is willing to pay for training and certifications and they encourage personal development. The atmosphere is very loose and I really enjoy the people I work with. Coalfire does a lot to try to provide a flexible schedule for employees while still ensuring that quality work is being delivered to clients.

      Cons

      There seem to be a number of people who have had a bad experience at Coalfire because there isn't much guidance for new hires. There are also a lot of growing pains with Coalfire, but I think it is worth it for those who can put up with it.

      1.0
      Jan 29, 2015

      This place is not good even trying to get your foot in the door

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I enjoyed learning about IT security but it came with a big price. I have been able to take the experience and find a great job at a different location!

      Cons

      You will be working most evening and weekends! There is no live balance! People need to be spend times with their family or they get burnt out very quickly. Also management needs to make sure to hire manager with experience! I had the worst experience with a manger that I have ever had and I have been working for 20 years.

      4.0
      Sep 7, 2014

      Great colleagues, great work, very good overall, but not perfect

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are many things Coalfire does well and some it struggles with. The culture is best characterized as 1) hard working, 2) lots of learning, 3) rapid career advancement, 4) competitive compensation & benefits, and 5) great people to work with. The company and its management are highly ethical, but it isn’t perfect and it struggles with training and communication challenges. The company never had a formal training program and this has led to some real dissatisfaction. Hiring aspiring talent and not training them properly is not a recipe for success, especially in a growing company. There were other growing pains and there still are. The good news is management seems conscious of the shortfalls and appears to be working to improve them. All-in-all, a good company to work at, not a perfect company, but seemingly trying hard to improve and keep employees happy, engaged and advancing in their careers. It’s hard to ask much more from an employer than that. I plan to stay here for another few years and continue developing my skills and career growth in this exciting and rapidly growing company and industry.

      Cons

      The biggest challenge has been the company’s traditional reliance on informal, on-the-job training. There are lots of smart people here and the assumption has been we learn from one another. As is evident in these reviews, it wasn’t working great. Formal training was only recently established to augment OJT, ranging from developing an increasingly robust on-line video learning library with associated learning curriculum (still clearly a work in progress) to formal externally-led live sessions. More is needed, but it’s nice to see a start to addressing the need. Company communications have also been an issue. Relying on the company newsletter to share company happenings has not been sufficient. The CEO hosts a quarterly all-employee company status presentation. The subjects used to be high-level and inspirational, which were great the first time you heard them but got old quickly. He seems to be listening to feedback. The info shared has become very detailed and direct, surprisingly so for a company this size. On the last one he shared recognition of things that have not been working well (many captured in reviews here) and his plans to fix them. That was nice to see since it shows management cares about creating a strong environment for us to work in.

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