Growth but . . . keep your distance - Anonymous 8x8 Employee Review

2.0
Dec 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

company is growing fast (industry is growing faster) offers a broad portfolio of services many really great people to work with

Cons

They hired a mostly new executive staff in the last year that seems more concerned w/ their stock price growth than they are with actually adding value to the company or our customers. In a time of highly automated business processes, everything here is manual, non-intuitive and non-scalable process. This is a company that has out-grown it's mindset and I do not expect them to achieve their potential. I'll be leaving soon.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

*Good health insurance *Company "mental health" days off *Work/life balance *LinkedIn learning

Cons

*You will have to chase several people through several teams before you actually obtain the assistance you are looking for, however once you get to the right team/person, be prepared to be talked to like you're an annoyance rather than a colleague. A lot of "pass the buck" type of mentality, and "that's not our responsibility" attitude, then discover the people/person you're looking for doesn't work there anymore. *They reduce staff under the guise of "redundancies of the role", when they're really moving the exact role to Philippines or other countries as they can obtain more employees for that same paycheck. *Will hire new staff, have you train them, then reduce the positions within that team after you've trained them. *Upper management will promote not based on merit but nepotism, and it's not a secret but up in your face, and will tell you "its not personal". *They will shove the "we care about our people" culture down your throat, when in fact they DO NOT care about their people, especially the knowledgeable ones, they will eliminate those as soon as possible to get fresh blood in, with no knowledge or expertise, and often in other countries so they can pay them less than here. Truth. *Management is top heavy, always has been, no change in sight for this down the road.

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