BambooHR reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(769 total reviews)
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Brad Rencher

86% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

BambooHR has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 769 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BambooHR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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769 reviews
2.0
Oct 24, 2022

Big Talk, Small Actions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Honestly, there are great people who work here. I really enjoyed most of my co-workers and I was sad I had no other option but to leave.

Cons

-Bamboo has a lot of talk. And I mean A LOT. They talk themselves up to be the best place to work. But honestly, most of them are empty promises. They do no invest in their employees like they think they do. -Compensation is far from competitive. Then they claim that a 2k travel stipend makes up the difference. I would much rather get paid correctly and pay for the vacation myself. When I left, I got a 50% pay raise, which more than covers this "paid-paid". -Management walks in circles to avoid career development. I asked for 8 months for feedback on what I could work on to progress my career. All I got every bi-weekly 1:1 was "we are working on our competencies" and "I will let you know". So finally I left for a company that actually values growth. -This company definitely favors the "typical" Utah resident. You know what you mean. Diversity is far from relevant to leadership. -I had an awful experience with a co-worker who said very politically polarizing, demeaning, and downright inappropriate for work ideologies during a team meeting. I told his manager that it was inappropriate and he made all the right moves and looped in HR. HR did absolutely nothing. Extremely inappropriate and not okay for a company. -In all, this is not the right company for anyone who values growth, diversity, and inclusion.

2.0
May 17, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great People work at BambooHR including some friends that will be considered "life-long". Great Starting point if you're just getting into tech. Do a good job at teaching repeatable sales skills. Good Benefit Coverage

Cons

Monthly Sales Quota equates to so much volatility, stress and unnecessary anxiety. Since moving to a new SaaS company, I have never felt more liberated. VP of Sales has no true insight to company culture within the Sales Department. Managers get promoted and stay there but there's no soft skill development. By nature of having a monthly quota, things can turn cut throat and they seem to throw out performance improvement plans left and right (luckily never had to deal with that). The Success planning for who becomes the next manager is whoever's next on "the list" and never really off of performing indicators, EQ or soft skills. Pretty clique-y ... Product has digressed immensely in the last 5 years. No big advancements and lack of willingness to take on outside funding equates to lagging product innovation. It has taken several years for them to combine both their HRIS and Payroll products. You're selling to SMB which means SMB money. Doesn't help that the company is extremely cheap and conservative. Really not a product meant for companies over 250 employees. The commission and comp structure has changed a lot and is still super wacky within sales.

1.0
May 13, 2022

Grow somewhere else

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The paid paid vacation is nice but the con is that it's taxed so instead of $2000 you get around $1200-$1400. Still nice but kind of annoying. -People are nice

Cons

-Low pay. A lot of other comments address this issue and I'll address it as well. Yes, you give awesome benefits but you cannot count that as part of our pay. They say things like, "You make $38,000 a year but if you include your benefits like medical, dental, your paid-paid vacation, etc., you're actually making $60,000 a year!" No... I'm making $38,000 a year. Your benefits are nice but they aren't a part of my salary and it's not like they're just included, I still have to pay for those benefits each month. I've never been with a company that adds your salary and benefits as a whole. -Their company cultue is... Different... and it comes off as culty. - Not a huge fan of management. Several people in upper management are closed off and aren't very open to feedback. - They are putting more and more responsibilities on support reps while keeping pay the same. -They're structure for giving raises is ridiculous. -I was told I could grow with this company and I have been working hard at keeping my metrics high to no avail. Even if your metrics are high, you have good attendance, and you help with projects, it's not enough. I'm no longer looking to GROW here, I'm looking for another job.

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BambooHR Response
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Hi there! As our employees know, BambooHR cares deeply about doing the right thing, and this includes paying people fairly. We’ll continue to do our research and ensure that Bamboo employees are paid well for the hard work they do! This also includes providing benefits that are included in the full compensation package for each and everyone of our employees. Growth at BambooHR is important. One of our values is to Grow from Good to Great and believe that growth can come from being open and having consistent and educational feedback throughout your career. We wish you the best in your future endeavors!
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