One of the worst engineering orgs - Senior Software Engineer BambooHR Employee Review

2.0
Feb 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- No layoffs, yet. - Bonus opportunity - Decent health insurance benefits

Cons

- Tech debt like you wouldn't believe - Micromanagement to the extreme - Management treats employees like children - Salary is low for the industry - Insidious sexism wrapped up in toxic positivity - Constantly changing projects and priorities make it impossible to plan work

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BambooHR Response
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Thank you for sharing your candid feedback about your experience at BambooHR. We appreciate you noting our financial stability, bonus opportunities, and health benefits. We're deeply concerned by the issues you've raised regarding technical debt, management approach, and gender bias. The feedback about micromanagement and constantly changing priorities runs counter to our values and the environment we aim to create for our engineers. Your specific recommendations about addressing tech debt, management training, and compensation have been shared with our leadership team. We take these concerns seriously and recognize that we need to move beyond positive talk to meaningful action in these areas. Your honesty helps us identify critical areas for improvement as we work to create a better workplace for all Bambooligans. Please don't hesitate to reach out to hr@bamboohr.com to share additional context to create actionable change. Thanks, Jonathan, Head of Legal and HR

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