Toxic, dehumanizing, and demoralizing. - Talent Acquisition Blackpoint Cyber Employee Review

1.0
8 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some awesome people work there! They are just treated awful and have their souls sucked by leadership. People are passionate about the mission and their work until they devolve from the constant stress.

Cons

- "Leaders" constantly apologize for their poor behavior (if you are lucky). There are threats, bullying, and finger-pointing. - You can have ideas but good luck implementing them. Changing things is almost impossible and people are not allowed to do their job without severe micromanagement. - No standards or best practices - it's the CEO's way or no way. - Toxic masculinity culture, they have a completely unprofessional bro culture that is worse than the high school gym room. Memorable Quotes: "This is the biggest mistake of my professional career" "It's like a car that barely runs and has every engine light on" "I didn't get hired to do that..." "I got a promotion - no pay increase, I'm not sure what my new title is..."

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Blackpoint Cyber Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're glad to hear that you appreciate the talented and passionate individuals. We understand that you've experienced challenges with leadership and the work environment. As a high-growth company, we know there can be bumps along the way. We're committed to addressing these issues and improving the overall experience for our team members. The leadership team, our CEO, and I, as the new Chief People Officer, are dedicated to listening to reviews, engagement surveys, direct feedback, and team round tables to ensure a consistent employee experience and to create a culture and workplace that enables everyone to do their best work every day. If you'd like to discuss your feedback further, please feel free to reach out to me directly at aburner@blackpointcyber.com. Thank you again for your input. We're dedicated to making Blackpoint an amazing place for all team members and continuing to deliver a leading product to our customers.

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5.0
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Pros

High growth environment Great benefits Supports learning Work life balance Flexible work hours

Cons

Lack of transparency and communication across teams

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Blackpoint Cyber Response
18h
Really appreciate this review. Glad to hear the growth, benefits, and flexibility are working for you, and that you feel supported in learning and balance. The transparency and cross-team communication point is fair and it's something we're actively working on. Growth this fast tends to outpace communication if we're not deliberate about it, and we're putting more structure in place to close that gap. Andy Burner, Chief People Officer
4.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Blackpoint Cyber employs a large group of passionate and talented people and the product and service are truly effective which makes this role a good one, for the most part. The PTO policy is pretty decent and I never feel as though I'm not able to take time away for important life events. The Blackpoint leadership is level-headed and will listen to feedback. The company is well-respected in the industry and has a good reputation. It seems as though the people at the organization always want to do the right thing and do right by our customers. Employees are typically encouraged to voice their goals and promotions/career changes occur from within often.

Cons

It sometimes feels as though we do not have enough personnel and that employees experience burnout. The support team and the product team seem especially stretched thin. A President's Club would be really nice to have. There are not a lot of opportunities to connect with the internal team in person. The quotas feel a bit high and the compensation feels a little low compared to other players in the cyber industry. The organization does not seem to focus much on giving back.

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Blackpoint Cyber Response
18h
Thank you for the honest and detailed feedback. It means a lot that you still see a talented team, an effective product, and leadership that listens, even while raising concerns. I ver want to see our team members burn out, thanks for the flag on that, it hepls me and the team go dig into how we solve this. Andy Burner - CPO
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