Synack reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(179 total reviews)
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Jay Kaplan

75% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Synack has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 179 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Synack employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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179 reviews
5.0
Jun 7, 2016

Fun place to work

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Synack has been a great experience for me since I started a year ago. Not only are the people great, but I really believe in our company vision. Great work/life balance, supportive teams, and a fun/relaxed office culture. Not to mention the catered lunches are awesome. At the end of the day, everyone is contributing towards the same goal which is to help the company grow.

Cons

I gained 10 pounds from all the food. haha

1.0
Jun 6, 2016

Labor Arbitrage does not equal innovation

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I worked at Synack for a little over a year. Most people are nice and operate with a constant background of intensity, pressure, and anxiety. This might very well be the norm in the security industry. It's a fun and constantly evolving challenge for those who really like it. There are catered lunches everyday but this seems to be less a perk and more an expectation in startups nowadays. There is decent secular growth in the security sector and the co-founders seem like they might know what they are doing sometimes.

Cons

The executive team ranges from generally up-beat, mediocre leaders to downright toxic. There are happy hours on Thursday's but the teams are generally new due to higher than average turnover for a company its size. There is no cohesion between different teams. There is a lot of miscommunication and lack of prioritizing what's important. A good chunk of employees are young and fairly inexperienced in the space. The company has a "learn-as-you-go" attitude but this approach is a failure on leadership's part especially because it's now well into series B. So don't expect on-boarding because it will be disorganized at best. There are members of the exec team that have a toxic leadership style that rule by intimidation, act in a disorganized and impulsive behavior, and seem to thrive on public disparagement, which ultimately tears down team morale. There is no strong path for long-term professional development and little in the way for the company taking serious investment in you unless you are in R&D. There is almost a de facto burn and churn mentality. This is not a sustainable business model and neither is outsourcing most of the security work to researchers in foreign countries like India and reselling it for a lot more to domestic clients. Overall, the teams feel disjointed and the culture, although mostly friendly people, feels hollow.

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Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate input from our employees and strive to maintain a healthy, collaborative and fun work environment. Our mission drives us to do great things and we remain committed to crowd sourcing as a model.
5.0
Jun 6, 2016
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I get to work on interesting and cutting edge issues with smart and dedicated people. We've doubled in size since I've been here and I still feel like I know everyone pretty well due to our weekly happy hours and fun company outings. Being able to bring my dog to the office is actually a dream of mine (and now it's come true) and I think she adds a lot to the company culture :)

Cons

Headquarters is a bit far. But, once you make it out there catered lunches, snacks, great gym, beautiful walking paths and athletic fields are all available.

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