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Awake Security Reviews

4.6

91% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Rahul Kashyap

100% approve of CEO

90% positive business outlook

Awake Security has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Awake Security 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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15 reviews
5.0
14 Jan 2016

The most promising security startup in Bay Area!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pros: - Elite leadership : There are hundreds of "security analytics" startups in Bay Area, (just check RSA conf.) Awake is among the most promising security startup. The 4 co-founders are all industry veterans (Oh yeah, you'd need these for Enterprise software startups ). They are all technologists, seasoned entrepreneurs, and very transparent about strategy and all aspects of the company. - Great culture : nice and talented people. early employees are all from highly reputable companies. All founders are very accessible, and they WORK HARD too ! - Unique product : It's an analytics platform that will provide deep visibility into enterprise network traffics. Curious for more? Sign an NDA and learn more about Awake. - Good benefits and stock options, and the bar for hiring is pretty high. - Tapped into the top VC network : Investors from Greylock are super helpful and thoughtful. My concern about joining Awake was it’s a small startup and I might not be able to continue to grow my network like in my previous large companies. I was wrong. I actually grew my network much more and was able to meet the VC portfolios’ startups and find those similar minded entrepreneurs and technologists.

Cons

- Too many coffee machines : one expresso and one regular. (I am a green tea drinker) - There are only about 10 unlimited / employee chosen snack choices. My last company has about 30+ snacks and 20+ drinks. I wish we could have more snacks soon!

5.0
9 Jan 2019

The next rocketship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free food, Great culture, Incredible technology, Great Leadership, Good engineers! In 2018 the investors brought in our new leader (CEO) to run the company for growth and it's really taken off after that. We're fortunate to have industry's best investors who really want this to succeed. If you're in security industry, you'll hear about this place in 2019. P.S: I feel like giving an ad, i rarely do that. I truly like this place. One of my best career moves

Cons

none i can think of at the moment

5.0
2 Nov 2015

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The founders are transparent, thoughtful, and incredibly smart. - There is a positive mission behind the company and the founders empower the employees to come up with the best ways to solve problems. - Very high calibre team - Great work atmosphere - Huge market

Cons

- Nothing really, it's been a very positive experience so far.

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