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      Fortra Reviews

      3.3

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (712 total reviews)

      Matt Reck

      43% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture and values

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Fortra has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortra employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      712 reviews
      2.0
      21 May 2021

      Company driven by poor ethos

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Plenty of opportunity to improve practices within the company. Selling bonus every 3/4 years

      Cons

      The company is driven by a 3/4 year selling cycle, which means the majority of decisions made are short sighted. The integration process is poorly handled, despite the number of companies that have been acquired. Acquisitions tend to lose a fairly substantial portion of the employees, meaning remaining employees end up picking up more work.

      2.0
      14 Jul 2022

      Demoralizing

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Honestly the people are the only reason I stayed here as long as I did and they are slowly but surely leaving as well. Opportunity for growth (or as it's better known, role creep)

      Cons

      What do you get when you acquire a whole company and then get rid of 60% of the staff? You guessed it, role creep! More focused on acquisitions than development of products but the acquisitions are poorly handled. Speaks frequently of transparency and the "HelpSystems family" in company meetings with nothing to back it up. Execs are disconnected from the rest of the workforce. Imaginary equity units which mean nothing until they mean something.

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      Fortra Response
      3y
      Thanks for your feedback. We agree; we have great people here. Every acquisition is different but they all add value. With some of our acquisitions, we have to make some difficult decisions to improve the stability of the company going forward. This helps ensure continued growth as well as career opportunities. It is unfortunate to hear that you didn't have a positive experience.
      1.0
      21 May 2025

      Toxic company - Avoid

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The benefits were good ie work from home, Bupa Private healthcare etc.

      Cons

      The company is going through constant changes including a large restructuring leading to many redundancies. This impacted a large proportion of the organisation. The company regularly changes goalposts and has no strategic direction from the CEO. The managers were toxic and would bully employees during work meetings leading to a culture that was uncomfortable. There is no work/life balance at the organisation. Employees are expected to work long hours for little reward.

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