Bullhorn reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(719 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Bullhorn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 719 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bullhorn 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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719 reviews
1.0
Jul 6, 2025
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Pros

Remote work and a paycheck

Cons

This company is a complete disappointment. I was fired for doing something unthinkable—asking questions. Specifically, why was there an on-call requirement that was never mentioned in the job description, onboarding, or the four interviews I went through? My manager’s response? “It’s not technically on-call since you don’t get called a lot.” That’s misleading, dismissive, and completely unprofessional. When I asked about getting basic product training—because I was managing support staff and needed to understand the product—you’d think I asked for something outrageous. The response was defensive and borderline hostile, as if I were being unreasonable for wanting to be effective in my role. How can a support manager lead without a solid grasp of the tools and systems their team supports? The Director of Enterprise Support was a micromanager with limited understanding of the actual work. She focused on the smallest, least important things while ignoring major issues, and stifled any genuine initiative or innovation. There was no strategy—just reactive chaos hidden behind corporate buzzwords. As for the culture? It was toxic. Support staff were overworked, constantly pulled in different directions, and made to feel like they should be thankful just to have a job. Burnout was rampant, and morale was in the gutter—but if you dared to bring it up, you were seen as the problem. And then there’s the so-called “voluntary leave” program. People were leaving in droves, and leadership tried to present it as “healthy growth” or “realignment.” In reality, it was damage control—a desperate move to quietly reduce headcount while pretending everything was fine. This company burns through talent, blames the very people it fails to support, and refuses to take accountability. In hindsight, being let go was the best thing that could have happened to me. If you're considering working here—think twice. You deserve a place that values integrity, transparency, and respect.

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Bullhorn Response
11mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I want to acknowledge that we are not perfect and are always striving to learn and grow from each experience. In this case, it became quickly evident that it was not a great mutual fit between the organization and you. Whenever we realize we've made a mistake, we focus on addressing it promptly. I do feel there are several assumptions in your comments based on a short time working at Bullhorn resulting in unfortunate conclusions. I want to wish you the best in your future endeavors. - Mitesh Ashar, Chief Customer Officer
1.0
Jun 25, 2025
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Pros

I’ve put off writing this for a while, but I miss the Bullhorn I joined in 2021 and while job hunting and trying to find that again, it seems like an uphill battle. At the time, it was the most supportive, non-toxic work environment I had ever experienced. Management genuinely listened, feedback was considered thoughtfully, and there was a clear desire to improve things for both employees and customers. Innovation Week once encouraged us to bring ideas to leadership, and it felt like they truly cared. The culture was strong — morale was high, work-life balance was respected, and there was a running joke about “drinking the Kool-Aid” because it was that great to work there. I never dreaded logging in, even years in. I loved my job, my teammates, the accounts I worked on — so much so that I worked through lunches and sometimes even late, not because it was expected, but because I genuinely enjoyed the work. Management would remind me to take time for myself when they found out. I even visited the office during personal travel — by choice. That’s how invested I was. I had long-term goals. I supported multiple products and was eager to learn more. While product training and documentation weren’t always ideal, improvements were happening, and there was hope for better. Pay was below industry average, yes, but the culture and benefits made it a worthwhile trade-off — at least, back then.

Cons

Then came the shift mid-2023, something changed. Leadership continued pushing a narrative of transparency, especially as anxiety grew around potential layoffs. We were repeatedly told there were no layoffs planned... until one day, without warning, 150 people were gone. That “transparency” felt like a betrayal. It was the first real crack in what had once been a genuinely great place to work. From there, things declined quickly. Support staff, especially on the Enterprise side, went from feeling like trusted problem-solvers to being treated like the root of every issue. Metrics became the entire focus. We were micromanaged down to the order of clicks in Salesforce. Timers were implemented for every screen. Metrics were applied uniformly across wildly different clients and product issues, often by people who had never actually done the job. It didn't matter if you had rapport with a client or deep knowledge of their custom setup — what mattered was that you followed the new formula and hit the numbers. The processes and metrics and expectations changed constantly and those changes were communicated poorly. And when those metrics slipped (as they inevitably did under impossible conditions and constantly changing expectations), the message was loud and clear: “If you don’t like it, leave.” That sentiment was echoed again and again — in meetings, in reviews, and sometimes even in public Glassdoor replies. People were fired, put on action plans that seemed to almost always result in firing, or simply burned out and left. Morale collapsed. Customers noticed. Analysts were demoralized and afraid. Managers who had supported and advocated for us were let go, then talked about disparagingly once gone. Suddenly, it was assumed anyone tied to them must also be a problem. Support went from being scrappy and solution-driven to being boxed into an inflexible, one-size-fits-all workflow — despite the fact that Bullhorn’s own selling point is its complexity and customizability. It makes no sense to handle a five-minute fix the same way you'd approach a multi-month issue involving dev teams and client-specific configurations. The refusal to acknowledge this complexity is hurting both employees and customers. Yes, all companies change. But the speed and depth of Bullhorn’s shift — and ESPECIALLY the way it was handled — was heartbreaking. I held out hope for as long as I could. I wanted to grow there, and I tried hard to adapt and contribute meaningfully to the changes. But none of it mattered. It became clear that hitting arbitrary KPIs mattered more than employee wellbeing or customer outcomes.

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Bullhorn Response
12mo
Hi- I just want to start by saying thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. Just by reading this, I can tell how much you cared, and I'm bummed as well that we couldn't make it through this change and come out the other side together. You're not wrong that we swung too far one way with structure and the unintended consequence of micromanagement, by implementing metrics that didn't match what we were actually trying to do. However, we are eyes wide open on this now, and we have pulled back significantly on the most challenging parts to allow our best analysts to do what they do best for our customers. We are working quickly to find our way to a place of balance in the middle, where we have the right metrics and structure, and also the right autonomy for our employees. We are actively listening and soliciting feedback from those doing the work, and I am confident that we are moving in the right direction. If you ever want to chat live, or think about coming back, the door is open. Otherwise, thank you for this thoughtful feedback and I wish you the best in your next chapter. - Kelley Morse, CPO
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