AWeber reviews

The CEO is paranoid and off his rockers. He can't handle any criticism and is full of insecurities. He doesn't allow anyone to work from home yet he works from home every summer. He installs keyloggers on the computers. Don't be surprised if you get fired for e-mailing your dying grandmother during lunch break. He doesn't give promotions or pay raises yet he drives a porsche. He has no ethics. The product you create is basically just spam. Email spam. This company will go out of business in the distant future. Maybe by 2020 or 2030.

Unfortunately, for all of the benefits, AWeber was a place where I was constantly fearing for my job due to frequent, unexpected firings. While I worked there, there were several "purges" in which many longtime, loyal employees were fired all at once without explanation. This was also peppered by random firings every so often. There was always this underlying fear that if you didn't show complete, 100% enthusiasm about the company, that you would be fired. I understand wanting to get rid of toxic people in the workplace, but the CEO did not have any compassion for employees who were feeling temporarily burnt out or frustrated with the workplace. As much as we'd all love to think that no one ever feels frustrated toward their boss, it is just a reality of working anywhere for a certain amount of time. Instead of handling these frustrations professionally, the CEO has an "off with their heads" sort of mentality and will fire on impulse. I feel like I was lured in by a fun company culture, only to realize pretty quickly that if you do not "drink the company kool aid" to the highest degree, you will soon be fired. My word of advice to someone working there would be to enjoy your time there, but to leave before you get fired, because you very likely will. To be honest, the CEO is probably one of the biggest problems with AWeber. He, and much of the upper management, are known for being notoriously sensitive to criticism, even when one of their core values is to invite feedback. If you search around the internet, you can find evidence of the CEO writing snarky responses back to angry customers instead of trying to figure out a way to soothe their frustrations. which was always difficult for me to stand by as an employee. He has also been known to cancel projects at the last minute, even after employees have dedicated years of work to them. The powers that be are very opposed to change and refuse to keep up with the latest technologies, even when they lose customers because of it. Their technology has fallen way behind because of this, and that is not something that you can afford to do in the tech world. When I was hired, I was promised that AWeber would be a place in which I could grow, and that they always hired with hopes that their employees would retire from the company in 50 years. Unfortunately, any attempt I made at being promoted was squashed, and I watched as other employees who were led to believe they would be promoted were held in their same position without any sign of promotion. Eventually, my rose colored AWeber glasses fell off and I decided to part ways with the company in exchange for a place in which I feel much more secure in my position and have much greater room for advancement.