Poor work culture - Software Engineer Egnyte Employee Review

1.0
Oct 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Although very competitive, they're in a space with a big market opportunity. The product has improved over time after years of work on fixing foundational issues that were introduced in the very early stages of development.

Cons

All the issues in the company point toward upper management. Other than the 4 co-founders and the few who're in the inner circle, management does not have any real power nor decision-making abilities. This results in employees either bearing the brunt of the politics or taking advantage of it and marginalizing middle-management even more. The high turnover at the middle and upper management layers speaks to the terrible management culture that emanates from the CEO. This percolates down to employees as well. The company has lost many good employees as a result. The CEO is widely known to be a control freak. He cannot retain competent execs and leaders who're also not willing to stroke his ego. It is not uncommon for employees and management staff to resign on the spot after a heated argument with him. He has no hesitation in shamelessly peddling false and libelous statements about current and former employees, including his own co-founders. The spate of positive reviews on Glassdoor is deceptive. The company has leaned on employees to not only write positive reviews, but also to write multiple positive reviews each. No doubt some of these positive reviews are real and sincere, but most are not believable. I would recommend that people take these positive reviews with a pinch of salt.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Culture is real. Great product

Cons

Classic growing pains of a successful SaaS company

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Egnyte Response
1d
Thanks so much for taking the time to share this! We're really glad to hear you're enjoying your experience at Egnyte. It's been an incredible stretch for us - celebrating nearly 20 years, growing to over 1,200 employees globally, and so much more. The momentum is real, and the best is yet to come! - HR Team
2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and great people to work with. The product itself is a great and superior product.

Cons

No training. No pipeline. No real support for SMB. You are basically a glorified SDR. Any real leads come from events or if you have good install base accounts. Hardly any good inbounds come and and if you do get a good and decent size inbound, they take it away from you to give to a mid-market rep. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. If you don't mind constantly grinding, go for it. Otherwise, I would recommend looking else where.

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Egnyte Response
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We're troubled by what you've shared, and we want to be straightforward: this isn't the experience we want anyone to have. We'd like the opportunity to understand the full picture and make it right. Please reach out to hr@egnyte.com - your privacy will be protected, and we'll take what you share seriously. - HR Team
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