It is not recommended... - Technical Support Engineer Sophos Employee Review

2.0
18 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Modern IT security technology. Good place if you want to have experience of SLA and working in a large company.

Cons

Customers are extremely demanding and they tell you to fix the problems when staying the phones for hours. If not, sales team will join the customers together to push support team. This is unbelievable and ridiculous as sales usually don't handle customers' dissatisfaction. You will then question if sales are working with you the same company but not get any pay from customers. Most of them are not handling customers' complain but just giving more pressure to support team. Work is challenging and you will find hard to balance. Support department is running 10 hours a day and everyone must stick on the phone and cases only with some short breaks. When you think everyone in each department is working hard like you, guys from Labs will tell you they are going to gym or bicycle everyday at least 1 hour during business hours. There is no work/life balance in support department.

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5.0
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Pros

Great leadership and growth potential. Kept up to date with threat detection and mitigation.

Cons

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2.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Strong pay compared ot the rest of the industry - Flexible hybrid setup - Unlimited PTO you can actually use

Cons

- History and culture of layoffs, reorganization, firings, and quiet exits from the company. - Late to implement AI into its workflows and approach to the market - Heavy acquisitions when other parts of the business are being completely cut - Cold approach from leadership. - Poor company performance compared to expectations leads to budget cuts, layoffs, and belt-tightening. - Little opportunity for training or growth that costs money.

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