PTO is hard to use if you are a billable employee with high utilization targets
Not strong company culture
Pay could be better compared to others in the industry
Poor funding for team offsite, training, and certifications
Coalfire Response
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Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you appreciate the work-life balance and flexibility at Coalfire. We acknowledge your concerns about PTO, company culture, and compensation. Your insights are invaluable as we continue to evolve and improve the overall experience for all our team members.
Great benefits, variety of job functions and service offerings
Excellent organizational and management structure
Highly intelligent and effective workforce
Cons
Competitive hiring process due to quality of talent the company attracts.
- Real client-facing technical work in regulated/FedRAMP environments; good exposure if compliance-heavy cloud is your lane.
- Internal mobility exists on paper; managers may encourage internal candidates for promotions.
- New management clearly understands their assignment and is saying the right things and taking initial steps that appear to be moving us towards a strong path forward.
Cons
- Promotion paths can be unstable; roles may get restructured mid-process, which makes career planning hard.
- Management quality is uneven; promotion into management isn't always tied to demonstrated leadership, technical capability, or appropriate vision.
- Limited structured professional development.
- Compensation progression can be a friction point, including for internal moves.
- Bonus payouts have come in far below target even for top performers, which has been rough.