CEO Ruined a great company - Anonymous employee Offensive Security Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent teamwork Super smart folks Amazing products that help the world be a safer place Team events (before COVID) Flexible work Truly want(ed) a great product for the students, not for the $$$

Cons

Ning. This was a company that used to be AMAZING! When they said it was a family, it really was. Now they still try to say this and it is not even close. The CEO is narcissistic and in love with herself even though she doesn’t have the skills to run this type of company, but she will gladly spout out her education and experience every chance she gets. She killed an amazing place created my superior founders. Now the founders won’t touch it because of her. She lies so much I think she believes her own lies. Just look at the leadership team. She claims it is diverse. It is her and a bunch of white men. How is that diverse? She brags about women in Cyber, where are the women on the leadership team? She says the workforce has always been 100% remote? Really what about those 3 offices you pay for? When leaders leave (and so many have!) she makes up outlandish stories to try and tarnish their name. The rest of the C suite isn’t much better, all falling in line behind their leader. I hope someday the investors who bought Offsec will wake up and realize all the good people they have lost at this woman’s leadership and that they will never recoup their investment as long as she is there. Sadly the students are the ones who pay the price for poor leadership. Thank goodness more competition is gaining traction.

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5.0
19 Aug 2025
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Pros

-Leadership genuinely invests in employee growth and well-being -Supportive, collaborative culture across teams -Strong focus on mission and values and you feel your work matters -Transparent communication from leadership -Great work-life balance and flexibility

Cons

-Fast-paced environment (could be a con for some, but keeps things exciting)

1.0
1 Mar 2026
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Pros

You get a paycheck and get to work on a macbook

Cons

The CEO has turned what was once a great company into a chaotic, toxic environment. She micromanages nearly everything except Engineering—the one area that desperately needs oversight—and shows favoritism toward a select few she trusts or can manipulate. Decisions are made impulsively, with no data or strategy, creating constant instability. Cost-cutting has become an obsession: hiring cheap labor, refusing to invest in necessary tools, and expecting employees to do more with less. Technical debt is ignored and continues to accumulate, long-term planning is nonexistent, and morale has plummeted. Teams are overworked, under-supported, and some are simply disengaged. The culture that once made this company a strong, collaborative place has been replaced by fear, frustration, and unpredictability.

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