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Brightedge Technologies

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Brightedge Technologies reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(556 total reviews)
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Jim Yu

45% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Brightedge Technologies has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 556 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Brightedge Technologies employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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556 reviews
3.0
Jun 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I bring value to customers everyday Product is solid. Has some quirks. Going through growing pains. But good product. Business model works when you have a customer who is a good fit for BrightEdge Remote if not in CLE, CHI, or NYC

Cons

Sell the product to companies who don’t know how to use it. You have to teach them the very basics of SEO and how to use BrightEdge. Sales will sell the dream, and the burden is on the CSM to make it happen for them or crumble the expectations they were sold. No 401k match Very little support or training on SEO. Large account loads. You will work late and it won’t be infrequent. Favoritism from management. Forced RTO for employees in office locations. Causing people to quit and the workload is shifted to the remaining CSMs. The more accounts you have does not result in more money made, due to comp plan changes.

2.0
Apr 18, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There’s a clear and somewhat achievable path to becoming an AE. It’ll be terrible, but you can do it—if you’re willing to set aside any other priorities in your life for a while. Whether you like it or not, the training is intense, and you’ll sharpen your skills quickly just from the sheer amount of responsibility and workload—first as an SDR, and even more so as an AE. Anywhere you go after this, you’ll be absolutely miles ahead of peers with “similar” experience.

Cons

Short answer: Overworked, under paid, under appreciated. Background: Leadership leans heavily into micromanagement, tracking your every move while shutting down any real ask for needed support. You’re expected to grind without question. SDR and AR teams operate in silos with conflicting goals, and comp plans are extremely unrealistic (one year, only one AE hit quota). Burnout isn’t a risk—it’s fully baked in. Honestly, the most common conversation and initial bond between reps is about how much they hate everything.

3.0
Apr 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good community, always busy, achievable quotas, good pay if you can do well

Cons

long days, you will have to work more than expected to be successful but you are compensated for performance, success is impacted based on the market. you will sell to marketers but they are the first to be fired at companies and marketing is usually the first budget to be cut. lots of micromanaging

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