CrowdStrike reviews

Everything else... I was introduced to the business and the interview process through a friend who couldn't stop raving. I let myself get wooed. He quickly plugged me into the interview process and despite the fact that I know better, I took his words at face value and bypassed my usual Glassdoor research. BIG MISTAKE. After nearly 2 months in the interview process, I received an offer and joined the team. I started my career in startups and made the mistake of assuming BIGGER COMPANY = BETTER ORGANIZATION. Boy, was I wrong. Executive Leadership seems to have their stuff together but frontline and second-line management is a total mess. Onboarding was non-existent. Internal communication is terrible. Good ideas die on the vine because no one can figure out who needs to approve something before it can be tested. I spent more time chasing people internally to figure out how the heck to do my job than anything else. And there's definitely a "boys club" - align yourself to the right people and promotions fall in your lap and you can keep your job indefinitely despite little/no experience and gross incompetence. Despite exceeding my month 1 MBO targets by a mile and constantly asking for feedback I was abruptly, without cause, warning, or explanation, relieved of duty after 59 days. So much for "transparency" (a core value of the Sales org). Going back after the fact, I discovered more than a few terrible reviews about the Sales Development function. Lesson learned. Ultimately, letting me go was the kindest thing they could have done. I took a pay cut to join and have never in my career dreaded going into an office more than I did at CrowdStrike. I had planned to grit my teeth and bear it until an exit, but I'm so much happier (as is my wife) being out of that place.

Growing pains and scaling at rapid rate