Absolute Dumpster Fire - Anonymous employee Bonterra Employee Review

1.0
Mar 7, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, talented & good people. The Union has worked very hard to defend employees.

Cons

Within the last year, Bonterra has had 3 rounds of layoffs due to poor leadership, planning, and strategy. Senior leadership is disengaged from their workforce and the new CEO is petulant. He brought his friends into the C-Suite who are bleeding the company dry. They recently admitted to burning $25m each quarter resulting in a net loss in revenue for the company in 2023. Not to mention his dumb newsletter that his employees read and all collectively gawk at. 6 Companies working under one house has led to chaos – priorities shift seemingly daily, making a breaking promises weekly. Its near impossible to stay engaged with what you're doing, as it could be irrelevant tomorrow. There are no standards, poor communication even between necessary stakeholders, and morale has disintegrated. Everyone gets more and more pissed off at senior leadership while they jerk us around with new processes and mental models and work frames. It seems like everyone is busy but nothing substantial is getting done. Pay is below market rate, there is no growth opportunities or promotional ladder, and more and more people disappear (voluntarily or involuntarily) as time goes on. If you take a job here, keep your resume polished. If you're thinking of taking a job here, don't. Ignore the generic positive reviews, they're posted by the company. The ship has been sinking for a while.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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