Avantages
- Overtime is not expected, rarely needed. - The company genuinely cares about employee well-being. - Progression is slow but steady. - Most of the senior management is insipiring, and act like the leaders they should be. - 37 days of paid holidays. - up to 10k of training budget - Enjoyable team-building activities! Everyone is free to take any initiative they want, with no obligation to participate, and the company finance most of them. (e.g., Ice Skating, Bouldering, Bycicle rides, 20kms of Brussels, Alcohol tasting, paddel, etc.) - If inclusion matters for you the company is doing many efforts toward that (maybe sometimes too much compared to effective returns). Everyone is more than welcome, the company is very diverse in origins. - You are working with some of the best cybersecurity folks in Belgium
Inconvénients
- Salary progression is strictly tied to tenure, leaving little room for negotiation based on merit or actual value created. The system dictates that 1 year = 1 level, meaning employees cannot advocate for a salary increase without a corresponding role change, with very few exceptions. This leads to a frustrating situation where, regardless of performance, expertise, or impact, progression is ARTIFICIALLY GATED by TIME rather than ABILITY. Even if an employee consistently delivers beyond expectations, they are blocked by the predetermined timeline rather than evaluated on their true worth. Some flexibility exists at higher levels, but it's uncommon. - Becoming a partner is close to impossible, which can be OK, but there are no stock options for employees. You contribute to the capital gains and financial returns but won’t see the dividends like you would in most large companies. - The starting salary is good, but after gaining experience (i.e., 2-5 YoE), it falls on the lower end of the cybersecurity job market.
