BabyCenter reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(7 total reviews)
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Dan Stone

56% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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2.0
Oct 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great product and the web site is respected by over 40 million users. Great benefits

Cons

Below the picture of smiling baby from the BabyCenter’s web site lays the seriously over-engineered infrastructure sitting in the highly toxic and back-stabbing environment. There is another review here called “Toxic environment” -all what is written there is very true. I have seen very good candidates canceling coming to work for BabyCenter or quitting within their first month. Being thrown under the bus is a complete “norm” here and the upper management does very little to help the situation. With the departure of CIO and other key people, the Engineering has lost track of what is really important and what is not. The vision bounces between 30,000 feet view and 100 feet view: with =nothing= in the middle. The fancy bonuses and pension plans create the "golden cage" environment for BC old timers - that prevents any interest in career development or knowledge transfer

4.0
Dec 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The team of people was awesome and the company values were strong.

Cons

Compensation was great at time of hire, but the compensation plateau after hire was less than motivating. Morale dipped. Being restricted to only 1 telecommute day/week was the final straw for me, once I'd had a second child.

3.0
Apr 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

* Work Life Balance - people can take care of issues by working from home * Focus on Development - FTEs take charge of their development and can focus on any area they want * Competitive Salaries - realized that getting high quality people is costly

Cons

* Working from home has gotten out of hand for some areas * Many areas of the company only have one employee focused on the work and their time out of the office generates bottle necks for others * Management is weak - Management is focused on bringing in more revenue dollars from Sales not on areas to enhance the site * Small work force so not much in the area of advancement

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