Backblaze reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(82 total reviews)
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64% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Backblaze has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 82 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Backblaze employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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82 reviews
5.0
Jan 31, 2017

This company Rocks!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

True Team atmosphere and open management structure. Family friendly almost to a fault, concern for work life balance and they provide excellent benefits as well. You get to participate in developing the product and the technology.

Cons

It is a start up and there are not a lot of people to share the work load, it'll keep you busy.

5.0
Mar 13, 2016

Great Work Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

While it is a startup, the benefits and stability that Backblaze provides makes it feel like a large, established company. Backblaze is 9 years old, and while that makes it a "business" rather than a startup, it's still ran with a scrappy startup mentality, which helps spark innovation and a desire to win. It's a great place to work, the people are wonderful, the amount of learning to be had is extensive, and the benefits aren't half bad either.

Cons

As with many companies that are expanding rapidly, there are some growing pains. As Backblaze was bootstrapped, and is still 80% owned by employees, hiring occurs when there's an express need. This leads to some moments in time when workloads are rather extensive until they can be offset by the hiring of the right person for the role. These situations vary from department to department, but the office environment is understanding when these situations occur and management does their best to hire and offload unrealistic workloads.

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