Bandwidth Software Developer II reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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David Morken

15% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
4.0
Jun 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. They care about your overall health 2. Outside of being on call there is respect for your life outside work and encouragement for a healthy lifestyle 3. At least for a developer there are small teams which means you get to do interesting things 4. The free health insurance is super nice

Cons

1. Not always the most honest. They swore up and down no layoffs but a couple of teams were laid off without a company announcement. I was told I would be hybrid and they only gave me a couple days to sign the offer letter. Then they switched to it being fully in the office. 2. Huge emphasis on sales. This is actually good for the company I think, but it is a bummer when you aren't in sales and they tell you about all the trips and fun things the sales teams get to do. 3. Although generally very emphatic about moral business, they do send a large portion of the political text messages if you have a problem with that. 4. Very low merit increases.

2.0
May 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of creative freedom, good culture, independence as a developer and team, people are nice and respectful, easy pace of work, good benefits and pay. The business could be very successful if they make some hard decisions. There are a lot of very intelligent folks at the company with a wide skillset.

Cons

DevOps work is loaded onto developers, self-service is the ultimate desire for everything, teams have to have a lot of specific knowledge, the subject matter is very dry, managers have little to no buy-in on teams, sinking lots of effort into a bad acquisition, team leaders have no real authority but are told they should, the organization has too many middle managers to the number of developers and lots of siloing occurs between teams

2.0
Aug 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of people at the company are absolutely wonderful and intelligent. There's a potential to get a lot of great hands on experience and people don't coddle you or block you with red tape.

Cons

As many others have said, the culture is pretty strict and forced top-down from David Morken. If you aren't religious, enjoy working out all the time, or have traditional family values, you probably wont' be very valued (long term) here. David making light of people's struggles during the pandemic and not taking precautions seriously has made many people leave, and attrition is very high at the moment. I was really excited to join this company as the culture seemed really close knit and supportive. While I've met many great people, the overall company culture just doesn't seem to align with the people who are working there which is why so many are leaving. Not letting people be flexible and treating your employees like children is ruining chances for hiring and retaining competent people, especially those in more senior roles. Teams were already low staffed for what was expected of them, with attrition its been near on impossible.

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Bandwidth Response
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Thanks for the review. Sorry to hear your experience has not been positive. Our culture is designed not to be top-down but rather 360 where we lift each other up, celebrate our differences and promote an environment where Bandmates can be their authentic selves and feel a deep sense of belonging.
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