Blue Canopy Reviews

Leadership: Only one technical partner in the whole company. Not sure what the other partners do, I have only been to HQ on a handful of times and only ever hear them laughing and congratulating themselves on things or gossiping. Like I said, only one technical partner in the group, he was apparently in and out of the hospital quite often. No doubt from stress and overwork. The other partners are largely buzz-words and paperwork types. None of them have actually landed any new contracts from what anyone can tell. None of them have actually done the kind of work they oversee. Only 2 or 3 technical Directors the rest are timesheet and powerpoint types. How is this possible in an alleged technology company? Cyber Security: (D-) Three main contracts, all Compliance and IV&V (pass on that) with some small SOC work. I had heard from a friend that they were doing some exciting things. I applied and it took almost a YEAR before I came aboard. Recruiting is slow, salary was way lower (circa 2005 compensation offer) than industry. When I finally did get a solid offer and asked some questions I was told "You really going to haggle after all the work that we've done to accommodate you?" When I finally got to the job site, I asked about the teams my friend mentioned; Red Team, External PenTest, Forensics, Malware, etc. it seems all those groups were gone. The newly minted partner in charge was not a cyber guy. Huh? Nice enough guy but only has about five minutes of industry experience. Lots of buzzwords. Likes to talk like he's in the know, but comes off as silly. Asked my manager (Director) about developing new offerings, was told "We don't pay you to do that". What is that saying about the definition of insanity? DoD and Other: (D-) Based on the monthly company newsletter this group is the main focus of the company and is the main source of income. This kind of contradicts what has been said in the "All Hands" calls that have occurred over the years. Cyber is the growth engine , yet it got the least amount of recognition. Must be some formula that we were not informed about. "All Hands" calls are a mixture of accounting jargon and mention of other contracts, partners and the wonderful things they are doing. No mention of the Cyber teams and their successes. Same goes for the newsletter. Corporate Climate: (D-) One of the corporate offerings is "Agile Development". Seriously? Google search return over 3 million companies offering this. Is this a cyber company? Company website is bush league, was embarrassed to send my friends to it. Frightening amount of gossip and in-fighting at the corporate level. I'm glad I work offsite. No business development or sales group that I know of. All contracts have either been acquired or legacy. Innovation: (D+) Have heard repeatedly over the years that we were AWS partner and that we were FEDRAMP certifiers. Very little in the way of internal messaging and product promotion. Gave up asking how to get involved when I found out that the same 5 or 6 people that were always doing everything (proposals, tech refreshes, etc) were also responsible for selling FEDRAMP as well. Heard about the internal R&D group at my orientation, saw one of their products once. I asked about where their products are sold and my supervisor said were weren't actually selling them anywhere. Training Package: (F) Applied for training early in 2015, was told I could not go because I needed to keep up my billable hours but that I should apply again in the summer. When I submitted again the following July, was told that all training was halted for the fourth quarter for some unknown reason. Just found out that training is on hold again. ((Strike Two)) Advice to new employees that want to make partner, here is the formula: - Get your PMP and ask to be Deputy PM - Do the PM's job for him/her - Wait until they make a mistake and ask to replace them - Maintain the contract for a year or two - Talk about sports constantly at company functions - Talk about how you have maintained the contract very often Voila! You will be considered for partner in less than two years and you will not have had to actually do anything.

My advice to anyone out there is to stay clear of this company - RUN AWAY. This company is famous for the bait & switch - as soon as you come on board you'll see the job was nothing like you expected. Outside of maybe 3-4 Partners, the rest are lazy, do-nothing bums who barely lift a finger. The owners are about a deceitful and dishonest as there are in the industry. They don't value the employee base - hard work and proven results are overlooked and unappreciated - and Partners will take all the credit when they've done absolutely nothing. Turnover is a HUGE problem - over 30% off staff resigned in the last year alone. This is a company that has graduated as a Small Business and can't compete against the Large Business entities - there's no defined niche and the processes are seriously flawed internally. Again - STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY - it's a sinking ship.