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Bronto Software

Acquired by Oracle

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Stay Away - Anonymous employee Bronto Software Employee Review

1.0
Sep 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive pay now that Oracle is bankrolling them. Oracle benefits.

Cons

After only a couple of months in, I can say this is the worst job I've ever had. To begin with, the job description was misleading and advertised in such a way to attract talented people to menial positions. When I spoke in the interview about certain aspects of the job that interested me the most, I got smiles and nods instead of an honest "actually, you will not get to work with that technology." Inter-departmental communication is atrocious. There is no spirit of co-operation between teams, and most teams view each other combatively and disparage them constantly. People are not overly interested in helping you solve a problem if they can get by with ignoring it. As a result, a very common tactic is to send an email to the person you want help from, their manager, and your manager (if not more people)... before even asking someone directly for help. Employees consistently do as little work as possible to send an issue or project to the next person or team and not worry about it. No one takes ownership of anything. Big company bureaucracy paired with the undefined and loose processes of a former startup make this the worst of both worlds; not the best.

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Bronto Software Response
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We are very sorry to read that your experience so far has not been positive. Please speak to your manager about your dissatisfaction, or if not your VP of your department so that they are aware of what is going on and can address your concerns. We want everyone to be satisfied and fulfilled at Bronto. -Jen | Social Media Strategist

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5.0
Dec 10, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great diversity, wonderful people to work with. My director was great and so was most of the management team.

Cons

Bronto was purchased by NetSuite which in turn was purchased with Oracle. Its still a good place to get experience but the culture is different now and so are the perks. It used to feel more like a startup environment now it's a corporate environment.

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1.0
Dec 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

American Tobacco Campus location, free snacks, sodas and beer, foosball, there is a sabatical after 5 years, but you won't make it that long

Cons

The two founders are still there and still run the company like it is their personal club. They don't have the experience or the sense to run a real business, so they focus on things like silly company games, office expansion and marketing events. They lump all this under "culture." Meanwhile they pay below market wages, skimp on bonuses, have bare minimum benefits and generally try and extort as much as possible from their employees. They hire generally incompetent managers who can't lead, but instead just rah-rah everything the founders do or say. Even though they claim they are a start up, you will find more money in the cushions of your couch than you'll get from the equity that they hand out. The greatest farce is the travel policy of sharing hotel rooms and the red eye requirement, so the best thing to do is just avoid travel at all costs. They cover up the awful environment by forcing employees to say nice things about the company: forced voting in the Best Places to Work survey and I'm sure several of the reviews on this site. They also hire young, inexperienced people who don't know any better, they get a few years from the good ones before they figure it out and leave. The bad ones stay, especially if they rah-rah the founders silly actions.

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