Bluevine reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(360 total reviews)
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Eyal Lifshitz

77% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Bluevine has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 360 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bluevine employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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360 reviews
1.0
Jul 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

A few colleagues & the espresso machine

Cons

Leadership: Fail to evaluate talent Terrible hiring decisions, awful promotions False sense of job titles and responsibilities False views of product effectiveness Underwriting team that’s grossly over powered Slow... slow.. slow Low ball offers Culture : No loyalty Take take take - work more, pay less Call center”y” vibe with a dash of broiler room All in all BlueVine hides behind its year over year growth and “fintech label” to mask what it truly is. From the outside BlueVine has been successful to this point, yes, funding just under 500M in 2017 but can almost guarantee they fall short of lofty goals in 2018 due to weak infrastructure, awful leadership, a dying culture and lack of general respect for individuals. The product team has failed to innovate much of anything. Slow & Expensive is only the surface, the back end process from submission to funded is where it gets scary. To sum up my experience .. if you’re willing to show up at 5AM, rip dials for 12 hours a day and shove grossly overpriced lines of credit down failing businesses throats you’ll be successful and can earn an average income for the Bay Area. If you’re willing to be a puppet and not have an opinion or think for yourself, you can even get promoted to manager after 2-3 years. Maybe. I encourage anyone to think it through before drinking the Kool-Aid.

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Bluevine Response
7y
While we unfortunately can't provide a more detailed response regarding a former employee in a public forum, we realize that a fast paced successful start-up environment isn't a good fit for everyone. We are grateful to the many BlueVine employees whose feedback and engagement has helped us get to where we are today and would welcome the opportunity to sit down so we can discuss your experience at BlueVine in more detail why you felt unable to share this feedback before we parted ways.
1.0
May 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The mission. BlueVine solely focuses on providing small businesses with the financial services they need to grow.

Cons

Lack of diversity. The organization is increasingly beginning to look like one demographic. When this issue was brought up, and suggestions of improvement were proposed, such as posting job listings on more diverse job boards for underrepresented populations, a response was provided stating that this would be a risk to the business and that BlueVine needs to hire the most qualified candidates. All diversity statements that the organization makes aren't based on any real data. Unfair HR practices. Personnel across the organization have varying titles despite being the same 'P Level.' To current employees: If you're a P4 and have a 'senior' title, know that you have colleagues at the exact same level with the same experience who have a 'head of' title, and while HR states that the 'head of' title was phased out, the organization continues to hire employees with this title because they can't fill senior-level roles. Below market compensation. People are exiting the organization in droves because they're either receiving below-market comp packages or small and, in some cases, non-existent raises. Employees are beginning to take on interviews elsewhere to see what they're worth and leaving upon finding out they're paid tens of thousands of dollars below market. There isn't much kindness here. People across teams and office locations hold a lot of resentment toward one another. Especially if you work on a technical team, you regularly experience harsh and heated conversations, are talked down to, and are often treated without respect.

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Bluevine Response
4y
Thank you for your review. It’s unfortunate to see that you had less than ideal experience while at Bluevine. I'd like to address some of the points you’ve made: * Diversity & representation: Bluevine is very intentional about creating a workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. I fully acknowledge there’s more work to be done on that front, however it's important to point out that over the past year we’ve made strides both towards gender representation and URM (underrepresented minorities) representation across all employee levels. * Diversity & hiring: Bluevine definitely seeks to hire the most qualified candidates. That’s exactly why we broadly search for a diverse slate of job candidates. Claiming that diversity would impose a risk to the business is simply incorrect as research has proven time and again that diversity results in stronger company performance. The management team is committed to having a diverse workforce because we believe it is the right thing to do for both Bluevine’s performance as well as to support our community. * Compensation: Our total compensation package, which includes cash compensation, equity, paid time off, and medical benefits, is designed to attract and retain talent. We continuously benchmark our compensation package to the market and we feel our overall rewards package is competitive. * Our employees are instrumental to delivering our important mission of building innovative financial solutions that help small businesses grow. We're proud and thankful to all of our employees and alumni for choosing to be part of Bluevine. If you're open to sharing more, I encourage you to reach out to us through hr@bluevine.com. We’d be interested in learning more about your experience.
1.0
Nov 30, 2023

Toxic

Recommend
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Pros

Established business. Great LOC product.

Cons

Senior Leadership is a joke. It is a miracle Bluevine has been alive for 11 years. Not one leader has any sort of actual sales or closing experience and they are lost on how to attract logos or monetize the product. This group of people at Bluevine is obsessed with power and will do anything to keep it. Crucial business decisions that are made are usually random guesses that are rushed and never fully executed on and/or wrong. There is not one household name on the client roster. Money movement functionality is poor compared to the market leaders. This is an inexperienced, small group of people leading a 650 person company into the ground. The banking product looks like it was built by a developer who was inebriated one night and for fun tried to recreate a banking app.You will not find any mentors or opportunities for growth here. If you are looking for a traditional customer service role this is a good place to work as CS is not involved in the day to day shenanigans the other departments partake in.

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