Bandwidth reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

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David Morken

74% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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2.0
May 27, 2021

A Company that has Lost Itself

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Without a doubt the best part of Bandwidth are the employees and the people that make up a bulk of its workforce. There is great talent and brainpower here that is sadly being entirely squandered and mismanaged. In terms of overall job pros, Bandwidth does have some decent benefits. Healthcare is mostly taken care of and the company offers incentives for having babies, which is nice if you're looking to become a parent here but also a bit disturbing that a job's benefit is so deeply rooted in the CEO's fundamentalist Christian beliefs, reinforced time and time again by posters saying "be fruitful and multiply" that line the hallways of the office buildings. The overall culture is decent, typical "tech startup" vibe. Lots of jeans and shorts, beer and coffee, etc. Good workout/fitness culture if you're in to that sort of thing - gym access is subsidized and workouts are encouraged during the famous "90 minute lunch"

Cons

For starters, the entire past year has exposed senior leadership and CEO David Morken as essentially COVID-deniers. Bandwidth reluctantly had employees WFH at the start of the pandemic while also hinting to everyone that they should keep coming in to the office with constant reminders that the company never "closed", free catered lunches daily to people who worked fully on-site, etc. All the while, Bandwidth's official policy was no masks allowed in the office because of a 'culture of fear' or some such nonsense. After about 6 months there was a huge push to return to office, pre-vaccine and while cases were still spiking. And during all this, senior managers continued to work in the office and there was an obvious disdain for people WFH due to COVID, with CEO David Morken telling one inquiring employee on a company wide call that if he was still concerned about getting sick, Bandwidth was "probably not the place for him to work". All of this no doubt ties in to the die-hard Christian Conservative senior leadership circle, that begins company meetings with a prayer and, as I stated previously, focuses on childbearing to an almost unhealthy degree. All of this is to say nothing of the low pay (engineers and devs should expect about 15k less than industry average), low PTO day amount and no rollover, no WFH allowed AT ALL unless sick etc, and a generally pretty toxic good-ol-boy culture.

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Thank you for your feedback. Our unique culture is built on the close collaboration and creative energy of working in person. That’s why we’re building a new headquarters campus with great amenities to continue growing in a culture of being together. We encourage Bandmates to reach out to their manager or People Services to address special circumstances.
3.0
May 18, 2021
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Pros

The culture of this company is great and its fun to work here. I haven't had many issues with people here as well. The benefits are really good especially if you have a family. Great place to work right after college!!

Cons

It is true, people are leaving the company and I can see/understand why. This is coming from someone who pre pandemic, wanted to retire at Bandwidth, however seeing what's out there is quite eye opening. From compensation to benefits & even culture, companies are offering more and more while Bandwidth is way behind. Its telling when a good portion of the workforce needs to have a roommate to be able to afford living in the area. Then we have the working in office full time deal. I understand the stance on the situation but at least compensate more if your going that route. Plenty of companies are offering 30-40k more for the same role which most would be okay with working in the office then. But then other companies are offering remote work with higher pay as well, what would you choose when looking for employment. This is a great gig for those right out of college as most of the employees are 3-4 years into their careers. If you are not in upper management however it would be hard pressed to make a decent living.

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