Kaspersky reviews

4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(771 total reviews)
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Eugene Kaspersky

86% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Kaspersky has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 771 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kaspersky employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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771 reviews
1.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

salary and benefits are market average

Cons

Quite a disappointing experience to work for Kaspersky Lab. Company has a real challenge with the business ethics. Europe is likely exaggerated with it, due to the regional management don’t really focus on business, mostly of self PR and public appearance, while employees are abandoned. Large number of employees were witnessing mismanagement and even mobbing of other employees, including mid-management positions, driven by the top management of the region. We saw people to be fired with no reason, no performance or work ethics issues, just because top management disliked them. The most shocking thing is HR who act as a personal policeman of the managing director in those situations. We used to see them ignore escalations from the employees, push back any complains they receive. People are not necessarily treated with respect. Weird organisation set up: here are reporting lines, but people are working in silos. Poor guidance and management in general. Kaspersky Lab has a big gap between what they say on public, what they declare when hire you and how they actually do the business. Lack of transparency is an ongoing issue in company's processes. 
No surprise we see number of top-mid level people are leaving the company recently As far as i see, many well performing employees are looking for the job outside, as they see management has no strategy

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Kaspersky Response
6y
This was a harsh review to read, but thanks for sharing your perspective. Thank you for confirming that our salaries and benefits meet market requirements. We will be discussing your review with the management team, so know that your feedback is heard. Additionally, I would appreciate if you're willing to connect offline (e.g. via LinkedIn) and confidentially to discuss further, please reach out. Alena Reva
1.0
Mar 13, 2018

Worst experience ever!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really good products and technologies, amazing detection rates. Benefits pack is really competitive, acceptable compensation. Great support from HQ and European colleagues.

Cons

If you are looking for a place to feel harassed by a management by fear mentality and completely minimized and discriminated this is the place to go. Here are some of the negative points about this company, especially North America Division: Non Strategic Sales and Channel Sales Management, doing nothing but blaming Geopolitical situation instead of taking action. NA Sales Division is big Clan, where competencies, potential, skills and real results are out of the equation and only friendship or favoritism counts. There are people who dont even meet minimum job requirements in, awaiting for a better opportunity and the right moment to leave, while top performers are let go. Lots of lucky achievers with no managerial background and much less skills, getting promoted into Management, probably that helps to understand the current situation. Also due to the evident lack of experience, many of these bosses never conduct performance reviews or coaching sessions with their teams, which clearly shows they dont even know (weaknesses and strengths) their staff (just their friends). KL NA is a big house full of fears, insecurities and a lot of negative people who pretend to opposite. I feel blessed I am not part of this team anymore.

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Kaspersky Response
8y
Sorry to hear that your more than five years with Kaspersky Lab made you so frustrated. And sorry if you 've left because of the recent staff reduction in sales. However, you put some serious allegations here which are either not true at all, or you have not for some reasons filed complain to HR. I hope you'll consider contacting Chris or me to provide us with facts for an investigation process. Thank you for appreciating our compensation, benefits, and technology! Alena Reva
5.0
Feb 26, 2018

Systems Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits are top notch. BCBS PPO, no deductible, covers everything, company pays +90% of the premium. Dental and vision coverage, as well. 401K through Fidelity, 5% match! Good PTO policy, flexible work-from-home. The company takes good care of its employees

Cons

certain departments have become overly "corporatized" over the years, focused far too much on meaningless KPIs.

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Kaspersky Response
8y
That is a very good point you make on sick time. We have considered making a separation of sick and PTO time – would you be interested in sharing some ideas? No one wants someone to come in sick to the office – it’s not good for anyone in the office or the sick person. Also in 2018 we rolled out a 6% match on 401K. - Alena
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