Worst Place Ever to Work! - Threat Analyst Cofense Employee Review

1.0
22 May 2020
Recommend
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Pros

None at all, Every move they made in the last year was the wrong one.

Cons

The Company culture is in ruins the cyber team is overworked, underpaid, and not appreciated. The threat analysts in Operations are constantly looked down upon by the Threat Intelligence team who have some weird superiority complex going on. Management is un-empathetic and borderline psychopathic, the CEO's motto after the second or third RIF was "Suck it Up" literally after he fired 100 people right before the Christmas holidays. Instead of fixing the core cultural issues within the company, HR would rather gloss over the problem by posting fake reviews on here in an attempt to attract new people to the company after a lot of talented employees left earlier this year. The company has 1 good product (triage) the rest of the offerings are outclassed by their competitors by a long shot. Due to the mismanagement of the product by the product owners, their competitors continue to innovate and overtake Cofense in every way. So again instead of fixing the core issues within the company, Cofense would rather take to social media publicly attack their competitors in an almost daily fashion. If you like career progression then this job is not for you. If you like training and personal development this job is not for you. If you like working with cutting edge technology then I'm afraid this job is not for you. If you're a talented, ambitious cybersecurity professional then stay away from this place, you'll be wasting your time, there are plenty more companies out there, that will jump at the opportunity to invest in you and your future. Cofense will NOT do that!

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5.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Cofense was a great company to work for. I loved the mission and the work. I’d work there again!

Cons

Layoffs became a regular thing which is why I found an offer elsewhere.

3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team. New people from other orgs come in and share new ways of working and optimism.

Cons

Legacy team members continue with old ways of working. Product doesn't keep pace with market innovation. Doesn't seem customer-centric. Needs new leadership.

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