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      HiBob

      Engaged Employer

      HiBob reviews

      4.3

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (506 total reviews)
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      Ronni Zehavi

      96% approve of CEO

      88% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Culture & values

      4.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Senior management

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      HiBob has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The HiBob employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      506 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 24, 2023

      Toxic, No Diversity, Yes Man Culture, Inexperienced Management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -la croix water in the office

      Cons

      This company is a complete nightmare. All positive reviews are from management trying to save face. From my first day, the culture was toxic and unwelcoming. There is absolutely no diversity in the workplace, which was incredibly disheartening. There is a homogenous (very white) work environment. All the people of color in the company have always felt out of place. The management team was authoritarian and unsupportive, and they played favorites with certain employees. Individuals with no leadership experience were promoted. Middle management was also hired - most with no technical experience leading technical teams. There is a cover yourself culture - so better make sure to take screenshots of all interactions because everything you do will be used against you (yes, they are reading your slack messages). If you have your own opinions, go somewhere else. Anybody that's not a "yes man" will be let go. Besides the lack of diversity and horrible management, this company has no future. The product was built for Israeli and EU companies. There is no product market fit in the US. They let go at least 7 sales people right before the Thanksgiving holiday. The sales target for the US were unreachable. Look on the public company website and there are no notable brands signed on. Down sells are extremely common due to the product being mis sold. The company doesn't even use most if its own product that we advertise so well. No merit increases were announced at the holiday party after the company had a lavish holiday party. All of us were in shock because we would rather have cash in our pockets than a taco bar. The company is also forcing an in-office culture. The reasoning being "we accidentally bought this big office" and not because of collaboration. Office snacks (if ever stocked) are comparable to homeless shelter food. Moreover, all engineering and product teams are based in the EU. Be prepared to wake up early and stay late to fix issues. There was also a big incident in the company where management pushed out an employee and tried to hide it from the team despite everyone knowing. On the outside, the customer success team looks like they are a big happy family but everyone mistrust management. Looking in on their team, it seems no one can speak their mind because they will be let-go. Lastly, let's not forget the "me too" incident that this company had. Google Hibob Sexual harassment and read all about it. If you are looking for a job with a positive work environment, diverse group of colleagues, and a company with a future, steer clear of this company. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone.

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      HiBob Response
      3y
      Thank you for sharing your experience. We value every opinion, and hear your pain. If you are a current employee, please let us help in any way. No one should feel like that in their workplace. That said, the feedback on your onboarding and the culture really shocked us. Your comments touch on a number of aspects of working with HiBob, and we’d like to address them one by one, and also clarify some inaccuracies in your review. DEI&B is, and has always been a priority for HiBob. We’re committed to helping companies embed DEI&B in every step of their employee journey, and ensure equal opportunity for everyone. We are proud that we have over 50 nationalities represented at HiBob globally. In the US, our employee base is made up of 65% white and 35% non-white employees, and 60% of our people managers are female. We track both of these data points closely and we are constantly striving to improve them. Our product grows as we grow. Going into any new market is a challenge, but we have made huge strides with our product by listening to our US-based prospects and customers, and we have confidence in our ability to bring our vision to the US. Like all startups, our sales targets are ambitious. We have a number of highly successful salespeople within the US, and we track their performance closely and adjust targets as appropriate. With that in mind, we recently lowered quotas in the Americas in response to feedback from sales leadership and in consideration of current market conditions. We’re also very transparent with sales teams about how their performance is measured so that decisions can be made on an objective basis. Respectfully, your points regarding event budgets & Slack surveillance are simply untrue. We do hope that if you are still employed with HiBob that you raise these points with your People & Culture Partner so we can clarify any misinformation you may have heard. We would also like to assure you that every review is read and responded to, and we have no control over who posts reviews to this platform - good or bad. We can’t claim that we get everything right, but we are continually working on addressing issues that have been raised in some departments.
      3.0
      Feb 13, 2024

      Very okay

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      For the most part, the people are kind, enjoyable, and a pleasure to work with. The CEO seems like a genuinely good person. The company has a positive trajectory, with hopes to IPO in 2025/2026. They are rather flexible - I can usually block my calendar for a doctor appointment or for being out of office. It’s culturally acceptable to take last-minute sick days. I rarely work over 40 hours a week. If you’re <25 years old, you probably would think this is the coolest company ever because it has a nice office, hybrid policy, laid back atmosphere, happy hours, and good employee swag. If you’re >25 and care about matters beyond this, see more below in “Cons.”

      Cons

      Working in the US for an organization that is based in Israel is challenging. The timezone differences, cultural differences, communication differences, language differences, lifestyle differences, HR industry/market differences, etc. make the day-to-day operations and practice difficult. I underestimated this when I joined but feel the effects of this everyday. I’ve been here for a few years, and I liked the culture and organization exceptionally more two+ years ago than I do now. It is becoming very bureaucratic and very corporate-like, but leadership wants you to feel like you’re still in a startup. It’s not working and it’s very confusing. The pay and benefits are those still of a small startup, not of a global tech company with millions of fresh funding in the bank: Limited PTO, insignificant 401k contributions, little to no annual merit increases (despite soaring cost of living and inflation), limited parental leave, no professional development stipend for further education or professional association involvement, just to name a few. I have friends who work for much smaller companies whose benefits are significantly better than HiBob’s. Colleagues will be terminated and you won’t know until you try to Slack or email them. Leadership is mum about it unless you ask, and even then it’s very cryptic. They proclaim no layoffs, and then there are layoffs. The org is constantly reorganizing. All of this doesn’t give you the best sense of job security. They host webinars and spark initiatives about DEI, pay transparency, 4 day work weeks (just to name a few examples)…yet, internally, there isn’t much shared nor implemented here. You will get at least one email a day about a new process or new product feature (not an exaggeration), which you are expected to understand and execute fully on right away. If you don’t, you get slapped on the wrist. They are going through so much change that it’s impossible to keep up with. TLDR: HiBob talks the talk but it isn’t necessarily walking the walk. For a company that preaches all about HR Best Practices, we don’t see them actually in play in the organization.

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      HiBob Response
      2y
      Thank you for your review. You raise a number of points in your review that we would love to discuss with you. As an organization, our management team works with our People & Culture to create an environment where we can receive and discuss feedback like you have given above. We are a global organization and we are proud to have over 60 different nationalities represented at HiBob. We acknowledge this does create challenges but we feel that collaboration and having a variety of viewpoints is beneficial for everyone. Our compensation & benefits approach is one of continuous development and improvement and never a finished product. We are a growing organization and we want to be the leader in a rapidly growing market which involves change but also a lot of reward and growth opportunities, which we are all striving to create for all Bobbers. If you are a current Bobber we would love to hear your thoughts and discuss together how we can make HiBob a better place. Please speak to your manager and/or your people and culture team in the strictest confidence.
      2.0
      Jan 12, 2023

      meh

      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      cool product, global team, fully paid benefits

      Cons

      AE's will be fired without notice and without justification

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      HiBob Response
      3y
      Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Transparency is one of our values and we are particularly focused on sharing as much information that’s available as possible. We appreciate that often the pace at which our business moves can be challenging for all involved. And as a rapidly growing startup, we move fast. This also means that we have aggressive goals that trickle down into all parts of HiBob. While it’s never easy to part ways with any staff, it’s especially important that the right fit be established for both employees and HiBob. Not everyone feels comfortable with the pace we move at, and performance is where discomfort typically shows. Like all growth focused businesses, we closely monitor performance, it’s the only way to work towards goals, and in sales, that’s no different. As with all businesses and sales organizations, a lack of performance must be addressed.
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