Bsquare reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)
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Ralph Derrickson

78% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Bsquare has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bsquare 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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86 reviews
1.0
May 29, 2015

"Smoke & Mirrors" Strategy

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Pros

Some smart, hard-working people. Good customers and projects. Free parking, beverages and occasional snacks.

Cons

Lots of turnover since current CEO took control and little replacing of employees. Existing staff end up taking on way more work than at other mid-sized companies which hurts morale. Building up hype on an IoT product that is still not developed, without any real R&D funding while sitting on tens of millions in cash, and cutting costs to make the financials look better is not a long-term successful strategy - it's smoke and mirrors. Read the latest financial reports - with the Microsoft licensing business approaching an expiry date, and little growth in professional services or software revenue, time is ticking on the company. Weak CEO from another outdated era of ultra-conservative management when command and control were more important than trust and empowerment. Culture is strange, environment is not fun or rewarding.

2.0
Mar 10, 2015

Past its prime

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Pros

There are a lot of great people here that want to collaborate and build cool stuff. Flexible work schedule and decent benefits.

Cons

Lack of leadership and vision. The company has depended heavily on Microsoft for previous work and projects in the past and haven't been able to break through on other products. Now it seems like there is a new strategy every week.

1.0
May 22, 2017

At First Good, then Okay

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Pros

Everything looked great when I started over a year ago working for DataV side of the business, then the truth came (read below for more on that). The pros are pretty outstanding: free snacks 2/3 times a week, free lunches occasionally, base pay and commission plans, morale, teamwork, culture, and optional standing desks. You also get a work laptop, free parking in the garage or free orca card, gym, downtown location, and open door policy.

Cons

Here comes the truth: DataV is not the type of product they sell it to be. Of course the product works but they sell it as a "SaaS" product with "Apps" that claim to be out of the box; but in reality, the product has to be customized to each customer making the sales cycle enormously long. This means that bonuses are far and few between - so reaching the claimed OTE is an outrageously ridiculous notion. Other cons include: - No career growth. Employees are eager to grow but the roles are stagnant and management won't promote. - Management runs things quietly behind people's back so you really don't know what's going on. - Work life balance. Get all your work done and some extra work or you'll be fired. - Taking over a week PTO is unheard of. - PTO plan itself is low. - Number of customers. They claim to have hundreds of customers but a few customers have bought DataV software. The other customers are from a different department that resells Microsoft licenses (nothing to do with DataV). - Required office time. No work from home option. This is a direct requirement from the CEO, Jerry Chase, who likes to have bodies in the office. Good luck with the Seattle and Bellevue traffic! - Low walled cubicles. Everybody sees everything. - Favoritism. If your manager likes you, great! You can get away with pretty much anything! If they don't, good luck keeping your job for another quarter...

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