Terrible place to work, no future, company encouraging fake positive reviews on glassdoor
Pros
Lots of good people (Although most have now left or are leaving)
Cons
Carbonite is actively encouraging employees to fake positive reviews on Glassdoor. Please beware of recent 5 star reviews. There is an internal campaign to entice current employees to post positive reviews in an effort to fix their bad image, rather than to fix the actual issues. If you look at the history of reviews, you can see a consistent trending average below 3/5, until recently, where reviews artificially spiked to bring the average up. This activity is extremely unethical. Carbonite has no future. They are in a dying industry that have a few cash cow products, which is the only reason Carbonite will avoid going out of business in the next couple of years. The company has no vision for the future. The previous CEO left after several failed attempts of acquiring smaller companies in order to create artificial growth. In addition to that, there are ongoing lawsuits alleging that the company misled shareholders over it's failed VM backup product. Leadership is weak. There is no direction and so much uncertainty. Recently there have been major changes within operations which caused a ton of very good talent to leave. Many people who had been with the company for almost a decade have left in the last few months. Those who haven't left are looking to leave. Friends and colleagues who have left are viewed as the lucky ones. Management is now plagued by unethical behavior, poor decision making, narcissism, and the inability or unwillingness to listen to employees. This has led to a very negative culture. People are depressed. Those without a network outside of Carbonite feel trapped. Turnover is insanely high for highly skilled engineering positions, and yet there has been no real effort to address it. Operations is suffering from the mass exodus of talent. There are entire environments that nobody knows how to manage anymore. I used to love working here. Less than a year ago, this was a great place to work, despite a lackluster company outlook. For numerous reasons, most relating to current management, almost all of the top talent has left.
