Big Talk, Small Actions - Anonymous employee BambooHR Employee Review

2.0
Oct 24, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly, there are great people who work here. I really enjoyed most of my co-workers and I was sad I had no other option but to leave.

Cons

-Bamboo has a lot of talk. And I mean A LOT. They talk themselves up to be the best place to work. But honestly, most of them are empty promises. They do no invest in their employees like they think they do. -Compensation is far from competitive. Then they claim that a 2k travel stipend makes up the difference. I would much rather get paid correctly and pay for the vacation myself. When I left, I got a 50% pay raise, which more than covers this "paid-paid". -Management walks in circles to avoid career development. I asked for 8 months for feedback on what I could work on to progress my career. All I got every bi-weekly 1:1 was "we are working on our competencies" and "I will let you know". So finally I left for a company that actually values growth. -This company definitely favors the "typical" Utah resident. You know what you mean. Diversity is far from relevant to leadership. -I had an awful experience with a co-worker who said very politically polarizing, demeaning, and downright inappropriate for work ideologies during a team meeting. I told his manager that it was inappropriate and he made all the right moves and looped in HR. HR did absolutely nothing. Extremely inappropriate and not okay for a company. -In all, this is not the right company for anyone who values growth, diversity, and inclusion.

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5.0
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Pros

BambooHR is a great place to work with outstanding people.

Cons

BambooHR is focusing heavily on AI, which can come at the expense of jobs.

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

At the end of my tenure, I really have no pros.

Cons

I'm pretty sure I was "quietly laid off", in the effort of sneaky downsizing without having to actually do formal layoffs. This place was a godsend and a great place to work on my small independent team, and I did great. Then they did massive restructuring, added layers of hierarchy, added process, and basically just starting running a creative team like a line of factory workers. I had a horrible time with my manager on so many different levels, and felt validation when others would reflect the same, but I reflect what everyone else says - narcissistic, micro managing leadership that I now understand play manipulation games. I was put on a performance improvement plan and finally quit due to burnout, stress, and the dissolution of a role and a team that I had from before. They constantly push for solutions and deliverables, but I never really saw anything I delivered actually get treated and implemented with respect. Company policies and siloed team policies and procedures stymie actual effectiveness, and it seems like the leadership acts as your strict grade school teacher rather than having your back.

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