Young company, growing pains - Solution Architect Backbase Employee Review

4.0
Jan 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Rapidly growing fintech company. They are making a LOT of money. Hiring dozens of people some months. -Salary is on the higher end. -International company with good remote work capability. -They do a fairly good job of dealing with time zones. (occasional 7am & 6om meetings) -If you're a developer, you'll like this company. Every problem is solved with custom code. -New push for delivering "off the shelf" software & SaaS, but sadly it doesn't fully exist yet. If they can deliver, they'll make a ton of money,

Cons

-Onboarding includes asking new hires to post reviews here. Beware. -Sales staff keep selling things that don't exist. -Company has disproportionate numbers of Gen-Z. Energetic people with limited experience. 2 year anniversaries are a company-wide celebration. -Alcohol is a disturbingly common theme. All company events have drinking, official HR training mentions drinking beer in the office on Fridays as normal. Never seen anything like it. -Extreme levels of company self promotion (we're awesome!). Reminiscent of WeWork. -Cheap on the tools. Google Meet, Google Docs, G-Mail. Tons of free software for essential company services. -Company still thinks like a tiny startup. Email "reply all" with hundreds of recipients is encouraged.

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5.0
Dec 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

One of the best jobs I've ever had. Unfortunately my role got cut due to layoffs but I would have stayed here for years if that weren't the case. Great autonomy to employees, great collaboration, communication and organization. Good leadership.

Cons

Unexpected rounds of layoffs, but it was the case in tech for a while.

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

not many exist for sales execs in the US

Cons

lack of product fit in US market, leadership changes direction and strategy often, sales rigor is off the charts (MEDDPICC on steriods, etc)

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