Pros
Compensation was good, but they were looking for midlevel and lower level staff so they didn't have to pay. They will be most likely looking to do more cuts in the future as they meld their workforce from 3-4 different companies. They offered a paid bonus to those who fit the bill internally but many got left behind. A couple of weeks after they bought me, the VP made a strategic decision to cut costs. The benefits were ok, but don't intend on having a long time there. The CEO has churned other companies in the past, do your diligence with your research. He might appear to be a nice guy, but he's ready to outsource all these jobs to other countries just like he did at other companies he was at, this guy pivots companies for more sale, especially mainframe ones. He's old school IBM/CA Technologies. He'll probably try to sell the company to IBM at some point.
Cons
This company decided to terminate me during COVID (their reason was my performance but I believe it was targeted. I should have figured out the red flags from this company when I was out to dinner, they talked about how they did prior layoffs/firings (laying off half the company and the other going out to dinner that night) like it was a badge of honor or something. Fortunately I found a job immediately after this scenario but it was rather a low blow ultimately from Digital.ai/ARXAN, because I literally had to beg for a severance so that I could feed my family. They were obviously looking for cheaper labor while this was all happening and before it was happening. They had me interviewing replacements (at lower pay grade) and it appears that they never decided to rehire for my position so it was obviously not my fault. The VPs here tout that this is a growing company, don't be fooled, it's a small company that has limited vision in the security space and limited vision to implementing their vision. They don't put any budget into tooling or hosting. They are the lowest spend on technology out of any company I have ever seen or worked at and for a technology company that's surprising (but again this is my own experience). This company was recently acquired by a collection of companies that are all in the same alignment called Digital.ai. They offer the same thing that many other companies offer but with far less capabilities, so I'm rather happy I left this company. The company utilizes labor in other countries and colleges for a reason. If you are interviewing to come over to this company from a GOOD company or at least a company that has some level of human character, don't leave, it'll probably be a huge mistake. The grass isn't greener here but the digital.ai site looks green, also looks like a website from the 1990s. Good job with that.
