Fellowship stories

As a marketing and PR person I am often asked, "Where does the ‘F' in our company name come from?" It doesn't stand for "Finland", the country in which the company was founded, as you might expect. I tell anyone who asks that it stands for "fellows", the word we use describe our co-workers. That's my answer and I really mean it. What makes this company such a great place to work is the fellows and belief that fellows are not just "human resources". We are first and foremost people -- people with our good and bad sides, better and worse days, ambitions and obsessions.

And speaking of obsessions, I've always had an obsessive need for self-development, which may sound strange from someone who has been working in the same company for 10 years. Well, not really… I've jumped from position to position within F-Secure, taking on new challenges with every leap. Now, I can not only think big but also fly high. There are not many places where the company culture allows to free your creative and intellectual beast. But there are even fewer that combined this freedom with well-tailored challenges and open-minded managers. That's what F-Secure means to me.

Karolina Malagocka
Senior Marketing Manager Italy, Poland, Portugal Spain

My job is to offer services that protect our customers from breaches that lead to a loss of data, money, intellectual property and brand value.

It's an extremely stimulating and vital focus in our connected world, and this mission gives me a sense of purpose. Companies, just like individuals, can't feel safe without securing their online presence and digital assets. The threat landscape is complex and it's changing constantly. At F-Secure we continuously innovate and improve ways of protecting organizations against malicious men, women and machines. I feel confident in selling our services. And the demand for what we offer speaks to the quality offerings we deliver.

I enjoy the atmosphere at F-Secure, the sense of fellowship and the passion to make a difference. I'm proud to be a part of the best team in the industry and I feel I have lots of freedom in my work. With this freedom comes the responsibility to work towards our common goals. I'm a happy fellow.

Jonas Lundberg
Region Head, Finland & Regional, Enterprise and Channel Sales Actions

I've worked for F-Secure since 2005 and have been in various positions over the years. Until recently I led a team responsible for pre-sales and delivering our security products to operators to ensure our customers are protected world-wide. Right now I'm working in the company's strategy team and take part of various projects and tasks related to the strategic directions of F-Secure. This new opportunity gives me once more many ways to fully utilize my skills, while learning many new ones.

F-Secure is a relatively small company from Finland. But we are still global enough to be credible, whilst small enough to be nimble. F-Secure has given me many opportunities to grow. I have been trusted, sometimes even in areas that have been completely new to me. This creates trust and loyalty.

What I especially like in this company is the fact that you are not stacked in one place, not defined by your task. You are being listened to as a person. F-Secure does not feel hierarchical and you can basically approach everyone. We have people who really care and think about what is best for the company. Every morning there is this certain excitement; what is going to happen today? It is about the attitude and atmosphere that nothing is impossible.

Michiel Visser
Director Corporate Development, Strategy & Corporate Development

F-Secure thrives with change. Whenever there is an opportunity to transform and do things differently, F-Secure will look for ways so that it can adapt to an ever-changing landscape. This is reflective of a security company whose products need to change as the threats evolve. The great thing about this is that as an individual, this trains you to be more adaptive to change as well, and as a result, it helps you grow.

Since F-Secure has varied options for different skillsets, if after working in one department you are looking for a change, you don't even need to look outside the company to do something different, because there are opportunities within. One such opportunity has allowed me to shift from the service side of the company where our team was heavily focused on perfecting the support for our products, to the products side where the teams are focused on creating the actual products themselves. This shift has expanded my horizons and enabled me to learn new things even after being in the company for almost a decade.

By being a transformative company, F-Secure trains its people to be transformative as well.

Christine Bejerasco
Director, Desktops

I've been quite a while in the company and worked in and with different teams and country offices. For last few years, I've had a honor and great pleasure to work with many colleagues to give a life to new products and technologies at F-Secure.

We have this true fellowship that makes you feel special, your opinion is valued. You have freedom to innovate and communicate your new ideas. Our company functions so that everyone, no matter what their role or level of experience, can execute on a good idea.

We have a purpose and do our utmost best to protect our customers against cyber criminals. However, we also have fun, which always come when you see happy customers and receive positive feedback about your products.

F-Secure to me is special due to its culture. This is an international workplace, where I can interact with individuals across the globe. What we do and how we do is quite exceptional. The company has always been an early adopter of new technologies and development processes, and keeps moving forward. I like the fact that there is opportunity to learn and grow.

Dmitriy Viktorov
Principal Architect, Cloud Solutions

When looking for my first-entry software development job, something struck me about F-Secure compared with other companies. F-Secure had always been a force of influence in my life and public appearances by Mikko and Erka, as well as my growing interest in cyber security made F-Secure feel like a good choice for me.

Having no prior experience in the field other than through my University studies, I felt that I would receive the right guidance about ways of working and thinking within this field. Now, working in F-Secure, I know I have made the right choice; an international company with a motivating work environment and concrete, expert guidance from cyber security professionals.

Joel Lehtelä
Junior Developer (Oulu, Finland)