Carbonite reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(308 total reviews)

Steve Munford

57% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Carbonite has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 308 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Carbonite 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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308 reviews
1.0
Apr 2, 2014

A broken company searching for a long term solution

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Dress code is casual. Lots of good people but its impossible to really get to know anyone as to be seen socializing usually draws reprimand.

Cons

Company is broken on every level. The internal systems are so cumbersome that you'd swear it was designed by an 8th grader. The training is terrible. Essentially if you are looking for technical experience move on. This company depends solely on what you already know and teaches you nothing in a technical sense. Managers only care about their numbers and payouts, and are inaccessible. To get any help you must chat to a help desk that is inadequate and worthless. The company promotes alcohol abuse, it is common for alcohol to be used openly by employees during business hours. If you are in recovery stay away. They dont train employees and all ongoing changes to systems policies and procedures are distributed via memo and never in a practical situation. It is a grind house and unless you drink and drug with the managers you have no chance at advancement. Managers date employees and give favors and advancement opportunities right out in the open. The job primarily consists of helping Octogenarians to reset their passwords and update credit card information, but you supposed to be a technical support agent.

4.0
Mar 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employed with Carbonite for just under 2 years. The company does its best to employ people who want to make the company better. When there are issues they are normally addressed to the best potential of those involved. Employee moral suffered for a while, but has been brought back under the microscope, and now positive changes have been made. Great atmosphere of camaraderie amongst employees. This is a job where you get out of it what you put in. Excellent benefit packages. Stellar HR, and interview team. Newer changes in the company have caused more of a desire for company to succeed and understanding that happy employees is the place to start.

Cons

The schedule is quite strict and can be difficult to build a "normal" life around. Some "absentee" managers, although recently most of these people were detected and promoted to customer. Occasionally you will get differing information from one supervisor to another (although to my experience this is par for the course in a call center, and management does all they can to keep this to a minimum.)

1.0
Feb 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good coworkers, always hiring.

Cons

Management, micromanaging, focusing solely on numbers and not their employees. They promote customer service but that needs to start on an employee basis and work it's way outward. When approached with a problem, managers took a "too bad" attitude instead of working to resolve the issue.

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