Excellent product with toxic local leadership - Anonymous employee Braze Employee Review

1.0
Apr 9, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent working teams that embody collaboration and team work. Some of the best talent I have seen in my career

Cons

All good talents being driven away by a toxic tyrant leader who leads by building a culture of fear and mistrust. Anxiety and fear is the culture here.

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Braze Response
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Hi there, Thank you for making the effort to share your feedback with us. We’re glad to hear you enjoyed Braze’s collaborative team culture, but are disheartened by your experience with local leadership, and would like to briefly address your comments on that. We’re sorry to hear your experience with local leadership was not positive – at Braze, we strive to foster a culture built on mutual trust, transparency, and psychological safety, which we believe are crucial for employee well-being and creative innovation. If you feel like this wasn’t the case for you, we’d welcome further details so we can look into this further – you can reach out to us via GlassdoorReviews@Braze.com.

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