Braze reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(510 total reviews)
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Bill Magnuson

91% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Braze has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 510 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Braze 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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510 reviews
5.0
Jun 21, 2019

Honestly....I love my job.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have been at Braze for over 2 years and am genuinely excited to go to work every day. I feel like I can make an impact and add a ton of value. I am supported by my team and love the company culture. My favorite part is the people.

Cons

We are always growing and changing so that brings challenges along with it. We have some growing pains since there are some newer managers but overall there are not many cons.

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Braze Response
6y
And we are excited to have you here. Thanks for your candid review and for letting us know that everything we are doing for the happiness of our employees is working!
5.0
May 22, 2019

Braze

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Pros

I started pretty entry level at what was then Appboy but is now Braze... Through some hard work and with the help of mentors at a few spots throughout the company, I'm in what I'd consider to be my "dream role." I'm not sure if it's the company size or the people, but I really appreciate how anybody and everybody here has relationships with other regardless of position or team. I see myself being here a good long time. As a salesperson, it's good to be able to back up what you're trying to sell with the actual tech and customer references. It's always felt like we've been punching above our weight class, and lo and behold, we reach that next level a few months down the line. I've referred maybe 5 people in now and a lot of the org has been built off of high quality referrals, meaning new folks don't require that much ramp.

Cons

There are always cons. I, like all other salespeople, want more leads and better communication with marketing. We've got a new CMO so I'm optimistic. We're getting super cramped in the NYC office, but there's a new one coming end of month, so I'm hoping it's nice! I personally like a startup vibe - it's cozy, friendly, and scrappy. While that's in the roots of many people who have been here since the beginning, it's definitely not a startup anymore so if you're looking for a fun place to kick back this probably ain't it.

1.0
May 21, 2019
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Pros

Not many. The lunches are nice, but really that's it. Unlimited vacation IF you can get away from the mounds of work poured on you due to the last minute nature of everything. Lots of drinking and partying, but the bad communication, lack of honesty and the unspoken "do what I say or we'll block you out" policy results in people working crazy hours to cover lack of management's organization. Ultimately people are disgruntled and paranoid.

Cons

Lots of $ for "veneer initiatives" but not for what is really required to make things work; lots of backstabbing; pour on boarding; non-sensical decision making, not supportive of employees who don't kiss up and don't listen when given feedback; if you click with management, you get away with anything; they lie about their numbers and growth and do NOT put their customers first. People are paranoid and self-absorbed. If you don't care about your career track try it, but if you do, they'll set you back.

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Braze Response
7y
Wow – a very negative review. Braze is always open to feedback, and as a company, we’re always trying to get better. We’d like to address your concerns and always encourage our employees to come to the People Team to confidentially discuss any issues. You indicated you are a former employee but we still encourage you to reach out the People Team if you are willing to discuss. You made some very serious and 100% false claims about company performance and investments. We want to ensure you understand who are investors are: Braze has received $175.1M in funding from some of the most prestigious VCs, including Benchmark, Meritech, Spark, and many more. All numbers that the company has published publicly are accurate. Our board of directors hold us to a high standard and would not stand for the spread of false information. Not to mention, this is illegal. We agree that communication can always be better, especially as we’re growing at the rate we are. We are working hard to improve our communications. If you have more constructive feedback on how to make communications better, we’d love to take it into consideration. You mentioned poor onboarding. We have a very comprehensive onboarding that gets new employees up to speed on the company, our product, and our culture. We’ve added some new members to the People Team that are making updates and improvements to our onboarding process and approach each month. If you have specific suggestions we’d love to hear them. You made a number of concerning remarks about our culture including backstabbing, not listening to feedback, lack of honesty, and disgruntled and paranoid employees. We feel strongly that this is not the culture we have here, nor is it the type of company we’re trying to build. We do have processes in place with the People Team for employees to report any issue so that we can investigate promptly and thoroughly and take appropriate action as a company. One of our company values is realness. It’s something that we engrain in every employee that joins Braze, and something we take seriously where you can give anyone at Braze (from the CEO down) direct feedback. This approach has helped us get to the place we’re at today. Our values of realness and fresh perspective mean that we value different point of views – this only makes us stronger as a company. We also expect our employees to share and backup their opinions. We take our values, culture, and how we treat each other very seriously. We believe our recent awards are a reflection (Inc. Magazine's Best Workplace 2019 Award, placement on Deloitte for its Tech Fast 500 List, a finalist on Crain’s list of the 100 Best Places to Work in New York City and nomination for Employer of the Year for the 2019 Digiday Worklife Awards). Additionally, we just completed our Fall Employee Engagement Survey through our 3rd party partner CultureAmp. We work with them to ensure accuracy, confidentiality and to understand how we stack up to other companies. We are thrilled to report our overall engagement score is 8% higher than our cohort amongst other CultureAmp customers - a strong indicator that we have overall high employee satisfaction. We are presenting the results to the company during our upcoming All Hands and partnering closely with department heads and leaders on action plans.
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