Great company - Multimedia Designer Coalfire Employee Review

5.0
5 Aug 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and culture. Executive team is smart and modern.

Cons

Some roles like mine have no growth

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Coalfire Response
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We appreciate your feedback! We are very proud of the culture at Coalfire and are grateful that you feel it is one of our strengths! We’re also happy to hear you think highly of our leadership team. Under their guidance, we are confident Coalfire will continue to thrive in the fast-growing world of cybersecurity consulting. We are committed to helping Coalfire employees grow and progress their careers. Career development and individual growth is a critical part of our employee value proposition, and something that we prioritize as a company. There are many ways to look at ongoing career development and success, and pre-defined upward progression with job title changes is just a small part of career development. Many times, career growth happens more organically. Our Learning and Development team takes great pride in the many aspects of career development offered at Coalfire. We have developed robust training and development programs for employees at all levels of their career across various departments, and we provide ongoing resources and support to employees throughout their tenure, including 1:1 career development workshops. We encourage you to speak to a member of our L&D team, your direct manager, or HR business partner to discuss potential growth and development opportunities.

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Great benefits, variety of job functions and service offerings Excellent organizational and management structure Highly intelligent and effective workforce

Cons

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3.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

- 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.

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