Nice place to start but with obvious issues - Anonymous employee Brighterion Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance. Low to no responsibilities or tons of responsibility based on what you're comfortable with. Noteworthy employees are self motivated and great to work with. Introduction to some data science tools and techniques. Tons of freedom to innovate and create, but little to no direction. Tons of job security, and a stress free environment. This has led to some funny stories of major mistakes and no one gets in trouble. CEO is very candid and personal with employees. Everyone knows everyone and they all get along. Office rumors and gossip are very innocent and not malicious.

Cons

There is little to no training for new employees, and you need to be self sufficient to be successful. Everyone knows about this, so you can accomplish nothing for an extended period and still be considered "successful" in the company. For a very small company there is little visibility. You'll have to struggle to work through the ranks, but a long time employees working in Excel will be commended when they find out conditional formatting can automate their job. The tool set was cutting edge when created, but due to years of slow updates, everything looks and feels old. It's like a Back to the Future concept of cutting edge (cars can fly, but they still use leaded gas). It's an open office, but half of the employees have offices. Open offices are meant to make a collaborative work space, but this alternative makes an uncomfortable and obvious divide between employees and "managers". Looks like a call center or factory that recently unionized and not a collaborative anything. If you are in trouble, you won't be told directly. You'll be called to an impromptu meeting with whoever is in the area when the meeting is planned. Then everyone will be congratulated on their work but you or something similar. Very passive aggressive, but also pretty funny.

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5.0
Sep 9, 2019
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Pros

I had the privilege of working with incredibly smart people and I will be forever grateful to the founder for giving me my first job out of college during the financial crisis. Working at Brighterion allowed me to become a succesful software engineer.

Cons

None. I will let that to the people who spend their limited energy with cynisme and criticism.

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5.0
Nov 12, 2015
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Pros

I can honestly say that life at Brighterion just keeps getting better. While the work is challenging, I am grateful that I work in an environment that makes me want to push myself. Given the nature of our business, our clients expect and deserve only the best. Those who can't work at the highest level usually don't last but fortunately Brighterion hires well so you are surrounded by co-workers who challenge each other. While our work is largely under the radar (NDAs prevent us from publicly discussing clients), we work with hundreds of institutions worldwide ranging from homeland security projects to financial fraud for the world's largest banks, e-commerce, and credit card companies. This exposure allows me to apply my skillset across multiple channels. I don't think I could have gotten the experience I am getting at Brighterion had I chosen to join any of the other, much larger, Bay Area tech companies - and they provide all the same bennies - lunches, awesome healthcare, 401K and health club membership at the Embarcadero YMCA just across the street. Brighterion is at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence and machine learning and I am proud to be right there at the front lines with such an innovative and cutting edge company.

Cons

Be prepared to bring your "A" game. In all honesty, I can't think of any right now but I'll circle back later with an update if I can think of any.

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