Culture rapidly slipping away - Senior Software Engineer Bloomerang Employee Review

3.0
Apr 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-- Engineering managers are excellent people and I believe they care about their direct reports. -- Work / life balance is great. -- Most other engineers are awesome teammates and great people. -- Engineering tooling / technology has been improving and moving towards more modern standards. -- The purpose of helping non-profits is a positive (even though that has been happening less and less in reality). -- In spite of all the Cons that I list below, I still believe Bloomerang is a good company. I want to see the company thrive and reestablish its culture and identity before it slips away for good.

Cons

-- Culture has shifted from empowering non-profits to empowering shareholders. Multiple acquisitions over the last few years, along with heavy turnover on the leadership team, have led to a rapid degradation of the company culture and identity. Growth for the sake of growth benefits only the investors, and is an active detriment to our non-profit customers and our employees. -- Rapid growth and expansion has led to a very vertical company matrix. Higher level leadership feels very exclusive and inaccessible, while being out-of-touch with lower levels. -- Overall Product direction seems to be steering more towards monetization and add-ons rather than enhancing the experience of our paying customers for free. -- Toxic positivity, especially in all-hands meetings. They often don't reflect the reality of the employees doing the work or the experiences our customers are going through. -- Pay is neither competitive nor consistent. They've talked about transparency, but it has mostly been lip service. I likely won't be able to afford working here for much longer unless there are investments into retaining current employees (especially long-tenured ones) over new hires. -- Medical benefits are not the greatest.

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Bloomerang Response
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Thank you for your review! We appreciate your feedback and take your concerns seriously. We're glad to hear you've encountered kind, caring people within your team and that you enjoy work/life balance in your role. We're grateful for your suggestions for areas of improvement, as well.

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