The Ship is Going Down - Engineer Imprivata Employee Review

1.0
11 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* They do cater food (once for breakfast and once for lunch) weekly. * Company kickoff is fun, they book out a hotel for everyone. * The company does spend money on training and conferences, so lots of personal growth room here. * You can go from newbie to expert in just a couple of years, if not less.

Cons

* It's very common that very important decisions do not get discussed with the teams, until it's too late to change anything. * In the engineering group, there was one individual who designed the entire system, and while that's not intrinsically a problem... You were often met with opposition if you questioned things, and that is a problem. * The company has a very corporate feel. They market themselves as a great place to work, but in reality you feel like nothing more than a very little cog in the system. * Decisions would be made to develop using XX, and then a few weeks or months later we'd switch to YY because it's better. Then we'd switch back to XX and point fingers at anyone who liked YY. * Work life balance is non-existent. They asked employees to justify their weekend and holiday (Thanksgiving) plans in order to make a deadline that most people objected in the first place.

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Imprivata Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We look to provide a lot of opportunity for all to thrive and we are result driven – sometimes that does require extra effort on behalf of our teams. Each employee is empowered to take time off, to speak up, and to have impact. I am sorry to hear you didn’t experience this at Imprivata. Kelliann McCabe Chief People Officer

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Pros

Imprivata was a great company to work for and they really focus on employee experience.

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Imprivata Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience! We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the culture and our focus on employee experience.
1.0
12 May 2026
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Pros

New CEO is smart, capable, and doing a good job Benefits were good Catered lunch in the office each Wednesday

Cons

Toxic middle management - yelling, tantrums, and retaliation on top of extreme incompetence. Managers fail to lead and are essentially micromanagers of tasks. They create meaningless work, stress out about it, and fail to validate the business need at any point in the process. When you suggest and deliver something of actual value, you will receive no credit. Honestly this was the worst experience of my entire professional career and I’ve never been so thankful to leave an organization.

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Imprivata Response
1mo
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear your experience did not reflect the environment we aim to create. We take concerns about management behavior and workplace culture seriously and are committed to ensuring employees feel respected, supported, and recognized. We continue to invest in manager development and accountability, and we use feedback like this to drive improvement. We appreciate you sharing your perspective and wish you the best moving forward.
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