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Illumio

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Illumio reviews

4.0

61% would recommend to a friend

(263 total reviews)
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Andrew Rubin

68% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

Illumio has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Illumio employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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263 reviews
4.0
Apr 28, 2019

Growth and Change, Looking to the Future

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a lot of change happening, but it's clear many people care deeply for the success of the company and show it. The start-up perks are still there (food, WFH, pets in the office, good opportunities for promotion, good PTO situation), and growth is still happening. Tight knit teams with both long-tenured folks and new ones. There are far worse places to work, and good work is still acknowledged and appreciated. Employees still have autonomy in their roles where at most companies at this stage, they would not.

Cons

The transition from start-up to the next stage has been rough. Communication has become poorer than it was, E-team is more elusive and their attempts to humanize themselves to the rest of the company are lacking. New executive members have not made a graceful or considerate entrance into the company, and it has caused more tension and skepticism for employees about their future here and their significance.

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Illumio Response
7y
First off, thank you. What you’ve shared and contributed here is immensely valuable to our Illumio team and I see you living our values. Your perspective is insightful and honest and we hope that you will continue to share it and dialogue with us through the channels you are most comfortable with. We agree that the transition from a small start up to a mid-sized and global company is (and continues to be) challenging and we’re glad that you and much of the team haven’t forgotten that all these changes are creating the vision that we’ve all worked so hard to realize. We’re confident that the mix of tight-knit teams that you mentioned, both long-tenured and new are the right people to execute on our mission. These growing pains are caused by something positive: growth. They have a compelling purpose and although they are hard, it is a chance for all of us to run to the challenges and become better and stronger together. As you noted, autonomy is an important part of how Illumio operates. We trust our team members to bring their best and be accountable to their work and team. One of the benefits of autonomy (complemented by tight-knit teams) is that we all feel a great sense of ownership here because we are all owners. All of us, including our executive team are working to find the right balance between how much we should shoulder on our own versus sharing with the team. We appreciate that our colleagues feel as much responsibility for our challenges as they do for their own. With time and a concerted effort to find common ground, we hope that this will help us all built trust on shared history rather than perfection. This shift will likely be driven by team members like you with a mature and insightful appreciation for who we are, where we’re going and what’s needed to get us there. And as always, in a tactical sense if there are thing you would like to see us change, add or do differently, please reach out to any of us directly with that feedback; we would love to have it. Andrew Rubin CEO & Founder
1.0
Apr 27, 2019

Lots of little problems makes for one giant problem

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Potential to radically change data center security industry.

Cons

In the past six months, a lot of little things have changed and all for the worse. Now, the company feels like it has one giant problem - and, people do not want to work here anymore.

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Illumio Response
7y
It’s disheartening to hear that you have been left with a poor impression—and we realize that it may be impossible to restore your confidence. It’s true that we’ve undergone many changes as we’ve transitioned from a small start-up to a midsized industry contender. It’s also true that this came as the result of years of hard work bringing us into a unique position in the market place. How did we get there? Through focus on a single mission to help make our customers more secure, running to challenges, and solving lots of problems - including hard ones. All this to say, problems don’t intimidate us. They prompt us to take a step back, be introspective and reassess what we can do better but, ultimately, our determination in the face of problems and willingness to take on that challenge is part of what has produced the successes. If you decide to stick with us, you may get to be a part of making the evolutionary changes that are needed at this stage in our company. I also really encourage you to reach out directly to me or any member of our Leadership team to help us understand more fully the concerns that you have. I personally would like to understand better. We know that change is not always smooth and we're here to listen and work together to improve in all areas. We thank you for being a part of the Illumio team and helping us to create solutions and grow together. PJ Kirner, CTO and Founder
1.0
Apr 23, 2019

Great product, toxic culture

Member of technical staff
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Pros

1. Executive leadership 2. Passionate and smart engineers 3. A product area with very few competitors

Cons

All the cons are related to Engineering 1. Toxic Engineering culture where all engineers (and Product management) need to bow to one long-standing engineer else risk get shot down 2. Collaboration with other folks on your work is strongly discouraged. This culture makes every person fend for himself/herself 3. The concept of Team work is implicitly discouraged. 4. Cliques are the order of the day. Loudest voices silence out other voices. 5. Domineering behavior by some individuals in presence of management is ignored or actions taken (if any) have no effect. 7. Engineering management is feckless at best and apathetic at worst 8. Mix of arcane, obscure, and obsolete technologies with some new ones. The obscure technology stack and obstinacy to change is what is driving productivity down tremendously. I wouldn't recommend this to any of my friends or acquaintances. Time for me to leave this toxic ship

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Illumio Response
7y
Thanks for your candid and detailed feedback, both positive and negative. Direct feedback is what enables an individual and an organization to learn and grow. The engineering culture that you describe is not what we want, nor in any way encourage. It’s my experience that a culture like that hinders innovation and progress and rarely results in success. I strongly believe that a component of our success is due to the fact that we’ve worked hard to empower our employees and teams. I’d encourage you to raise your concerns directly to the highest levels in the company. As a small company, leadership at Illumio is accessible to everyone, and is very open to feedback from employees. If you reach out, your concerns will be heard and addressed. Ben Verghese, VP of Engineering
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