Snyk lost its Mojo - Anonymous employee Snyk Employee Review

3.0
Jun 21, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some really good people. Snyk is a marketing machine. They really know how to present something normal, and make it seem bigger than what it is. Snyk has a great ability to collect tons of outside people for events and webinars and other activities.

Cons

Snyk was on top of the world three years ago, with multiple products in the platform. However, only some products are actually valuable. Our integrations are beta, cover limited use cases, and don't usually have a version 2. Snyk says it is Cloud ready, but this means we have stuff in AWS that may or may not work, is likely to be abandoned, or it doesn't have a good explanation of what it does or how to use it. Our demos have been variations of the same for years. Thankfully, the Snyk Marketing Machine makes the same demo look nice with new words, colors, and new partner logos. We don't understand Enterprise very well, but we talk as if we do. The internal consensus is that we're expected to work at least 2 nights a week. Job mobility is not real, as there are freezes and new policies that seem to create more obstacles than help. If you aren't on the right political team, you aren't getting a promotion. Like many startups, Snyk has too many people with big titles but not enough talent. More than once, I've heard these people can't get the same role + pay elsewhere so we're stuck watching empires of politics throughout the company that are more about preserving the leader's position than advancing the company.

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Cons

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