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Birst

Acquired by Infor

Is this your company?

Grass is pretty green over here.... - Regional Sales Director Birst Employee Review

5.0
Mar 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is very well positioned to be the "next big thing" - many areas of technology have seen major shake-ups in the last decade, but BI has been the boring legacy world that it always was until pretty recently, when Cloud and end-to-end BI, with 2-tier became a legitimate choice. Birst is the predominate player in that arena and we're taking down big legacy providers on a daily basis. Oh, and we just closed a $65M round :)

Cons

Last year was a year of major change, and not everything has been 100% figured out yet. Folks coming on today would still experience the gradual upgrades going on around the company to ensure we have the top talent in the best positions. Expectations are high and if you're not a team player, not excited about coming to work each day to really put in the extra effort, then please don't apply to Birst!

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5.0
Jan 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-This is a great place to advance your career in software sales. If you are looking to be part of a world class team and company this is a place to be. - World class training and support so that a future leader in the space has the proper tool to learn and grow

Cons

-There are none that i can think of

5
2.0
Feb 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-The people who work at Birst really do care for the company -The product is definitely one of the better ones on the market -There is plenty of potential -The next 2 years are a pivotal time for this company as it's really make it or break it. They'll either IPO or sink down

Cons

-Since the CEO has started, the company has been taking a more sales first approach which has resulted in overshooting and under delivering numbers to the board- this resulted in a 7% cut of the company in January -The Lead Development team got new management a few months ago. They have been implementing a lot of changes which have not only effected the lead dev team but also the outside sales team. They want robots who will leave behind their own sales methodologies and adopt the new challenger sales method. Changes are implemented one day and results are expected the next day. The outlook on this team is not looking good for at least the next 2 quarters. -No room for growth unless you've been at the company for 2+ years -Company acts like they're corporate when they're still a startup. Morale is really low. Culture is nonexistent. -The founders came from Siebel where it was more corporate and expect everyone to be serious 100% of the time -No training programs when you start. You're expected to come in and just know everything.

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