Okay Job - With Caveats - Payroll Specialist BambooHR Employee Review

3.0
Dec 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BambooHR is an active, friendly environment that provides a lot of room for growth. I enjoyed the team that I worked with and made lots of friends. They also give you a vacation stipend every year (I got to go on three total vacations with this) and have decent benefits otherwise too. PTO accrual was great. The training was very thorough and engaging. I felt that what I learned through this role prepared me for other jobs in the finance field quite well. If you are energized from and enjoy working with outside clients every day, this job will be a good fit for you. The software for the most part is well set-up.

Cons

Management made a lot of changes in the time I was there that made our lives more difficult. You were also expected to give a very high amount of effort for pay that was mediocre. Certain positions require you to basically be on the phone all day nonstop which can be extremely draining, and you get berated if you do not meet their metric expectations, even when some things are out of your control. Lots of clients got passed our way that were frustrated because they felt they had been deceived in the sales process about what our software could do, and in turn they gave us negative reviews, which made our performance look poor even when we helped them to the best of our ability. Many members of my team were also quitting at the same time that I left because they felt stressed constantly trying to attain the very high weekly goals that were being asked for. We had a meeting in which they basically announced that there was no room for growth or promotions for anyone in the foreseeable future which was the last straw for a lot of people. Lots of us were in a private group chat together just so we could express how we truly felt about things as we did not feel safe doing so during meetings with management. Toxic positivity was rampant and no one felt like they could say anything bad about policy changes or new pay structures. I also agree with the other reviews that have mentioned the somewhat "juvenile" trainings that we had. It felt like a lot of the focus was on being a quirky, cool place to work and patting themselves on the back rather than addressing the underlying issues with the software.

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BambooHR Response
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Thank you for sharing your insights about your time in our Payroll department. We're happy to hear you were pleased with our total rewards program, but sorry to hear you had a negative experience around your workload. Constructive feedback like yours helps us enhance our processes, communication, and culture for our team members. Your perspective will guide us as we work to improve collaboration and ensure that our team members thrive moving forward. - Anita Grantham, Head of HR

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