Awesome benefits, but transitioning for the worse right now. - Anonymous employee AWeber Employee Review

3.0
Feb 27, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits are really awesome. Good health insurance, 100% paid by AWeber. Gourmet lunch for free every day. Lots of training opportunities, too: if you want to take a class or go to a conference to enhance your skills, AWeber will pay for it. I felt inspired every day by the team I worked with. You'll get to work with smart professionals at the top of their fields in a collaborative environment. There's a lot of camaraderie among teams.

Cons

Recent changes implemented by upper management threaten to kill the culture I really loved at AWeber. Work/life balance used to be a big priority, but now we're told that since AWeber's hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., we should consider those our hours, too. They're looking for people who live to work, and I left because while I love what I do for a living, I need a life outside of work, too. AWeber is very behind competition because management stood in the way of releasing projects that would have made our software significantly more attractive. It's hard to be passionate about what you do when the service you work for is behind the times. AWeber used to feel like a supportive family, but they seem to be turning into a corporate machine that measures job performance based on how many hours you're willing to spend there. There are more ways to show passion for your job that isn't working around the clock. Additionally, AWeber has a new standard of measuring "passion" for employees, but has not been clear about what their standards of "passion" are. Managers tend to not give feedback on performance unless explicitly asked, so be ready to spend a great deal of time asking how you're doing if you're concerned about job security. The culture is great. The benefits are great. But expectations of management are fuzzy at best.

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Cons

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Pros

AWeber is a great company to work for, and consistently has been for many years. While being at AWeber, you get to work with awesome technologies and serve really cool customers. The team dynamic at AWeber is top tier, and communication between team members is ever present. There is always information sharing, internal documentation to reference, and avenues to learn/stay in the know. This commitment to public facing communication allows team members to know what's upcoming, know what's expected of them, ask questions, posit suggestions/ideas, and appropriately prepare and plan. At AWeber, everyone has a voice, and their voice matters. Being at the company each day feels less like a job and more of an opportunity to accomplish something great.

Cons

At the company, we all actively work to make AWeber better for today, tomorrow, and the future. If you are someone who prefers to silo information and hide from your team, working at AWeber would likely not be a good fit for you.

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