Bandwidth reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(463 total reviews)
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David Morken

74% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Bandwidth has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 463 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bandwidth employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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463 reviews
3.0
Oct 15, 2014

Fun place, but company needs to re-evaluate its foundation.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fun, fast pace environment where one can learn a lot. Excellent benefits package, free gym membership, fun work-social events, great location, wonderful people.

Cons

Not enough management training. People are promoted into management roles without adequate training. Not referring to skillset training, but human interaction training. It is good to promote from within, but not everyone is a good leader. There are numerous examples of tyrannical behavior that has occurred when this mistake has been made at Bandwidth. These managers are ultimately moved into another role where they no longer supervise people, but the damaging effects are still there. The whole "boys club" mindset. There are numerous references to this in Glassdoor reviews, so no need to go into it too much. It is more like a popularity club, similar to cliques in high school. HR. Not only has it been speculated that HR writes fake Glassdoor reviews, they are also not the best fit at their jobs. Not all of them, there are some good ones at Bandwidth. But there are also some horrible ones.

4.0
Jul 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time off is great, with added time off for competing in company sponsored challenges, benefits are pretty good - 100% paid for even in this economy under the Obama plan, so that's definitely a bonus. Benefits can be a little odd though with the deductibles and the amounts you still pay out of pocket, but it's worth it. CEO is a wonderful man; kind and generous. Opens his heart, and knows you by name - for a company of over 300 people - that's impressive. Most of the people are also the same - good, well intentioned people who want to do well. For the most part, it's a great place to work and you'll meet some cool and innovative folks. Bandwidth has its challenges though, like any company does.

Cons

There are definitely some favoritism that goes on at Bandwidth. Internal communication is also a really big issue at Bandwidth. No one talks! While I do appreciate, and am grateful for my Bandwidth SWAG, I think my T-shirt collection has grown to be too huge. How about an end of year bonus instead?

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