Backblaze reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(82 total reviews)
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Gleb Budman

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
4.0
Dec 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good culture - honest people - great work/life balance

Cons

product market fit is good but some more clarity on sales numbers will help engineers know their impact

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Backblaze Response
1y
Thank you for your note and review! - we’re glad you’re enjoying your time at Backblaze! We'll be rolling out some additional communications on sales to help with that very soon. - Robert Fitt, HR
1.0
Nov 21, 2024

Back Handed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

some good folks at the bottom of the chain

Cons

The place is poor with money and poor with leadership. Top Heavy. Execs spend lavishly on travel and other unnecessary expenses, then lay off workers to make up for their mismanagement of money. No accountability. No spine.

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Backblaze Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. Over the past year, we’ve worked hard to improve our compensation programs. All employees are eligible for our equity and bonus programs (both of which were improved in 2025), allowing them to share in our success. Our travel budgets are modest, and employees (including executives) follow our travel and expense policy. If you have specific concerns or examples of this not happening, please contact your manager, HR Business Partner, or anonymously via TinyPulse (sent to the HR team). - Robert Fitt, HR (sorry for the wall of text, Glassdoor doesn't allow line breaks)
4.0
Nov 15, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for.

Cons

Things are changing with the hiring of the new CRO, CFO, and VP of sales.

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Backblaze Response
1y
Thanks for the response. Transparency is challenging as the company has grown, and being public we have to be more cautious. We've launched recent surveys to get more ideas on things that employees would value - transparency and authenticity are important to me, Gleb, and the executive team. If you have other ideas on where to improve, please add them to the survey, contact me directly, or put a suggestion in via TinyPulse. Thanks again. - Robert Fitt, HR (sorry for the wall of text, Glassdoor doesn't allow line breaks)
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