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Bronto Software

Acquired by Oracle

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LEARNED SO MUCH IN 5 YEARS! - Account Executive Bronto Software Employee Review

5.0
Oct 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bronto has honestly been one of the best places that I have ever worked. I would not be the person or in a progressing career had it not been for Bronto. This starts with the CEO and COO, Joe Colopy and Chaz Felix. That have built a dynamic and engaging culture that you will not find at any other software company. From the first day to my last day at Bronto I felt like I was important, part of something that meant something. This is the part that it made it so difficult for me to leave. There would be days when Joe or Chaz would just ask me how I was doing or talk about technology for 15 or 20 minutes. How many other companies have you worked for where you have that kind of access to your CEO? I would venture to say not many. From the beginning I was given the opportunity to express my opinions and my thoughts. This to me was right on par with real world Business School. I learned how to critically think and learned how a company should grow. This will prove be the single best career move I have ever made, by joining Bronto. It has set me up for the many opportunities that I have today. I will always check in to see how Bronto is doing. Could not have ask for a better experience over the last 5 years. Bronto has meant a lot to me and I will always thank them for everything they have afforded me.

Cons

There will always be things that you are not satisfied with. But you will find these things at any company you work for. I am not one to ever harp on the negative. For my time at Bronto this was pretty few and far between.

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5.0
Dec 10, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great diversity, wonderful people to work with. My director was great and so was most of the management team.

Cons

Bronto was purchased by NetSuite which in turn was purchased with Oracle. Its still a good place to get experience but the culture is different now and so are the perks. It used to feel more like a startup environment now it's a corporate environment.

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1.0
Dec 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

American Tobacco Campus location, free snacks, sodas and beer, foosball, there is a sabatical after 5 years, but you won't make it that long

Cons

The two founders are still there and still run the company like it is their personal club. They don't have the experience or the sense to run a real business, so they focus on things like silly company games, office expansion and marketing events. They lump all this under "culture." Meanwhile they pay below market wages, skimp on bonuses, have bare minimum benefits and generally try and extort as much as possible from their employees. They hire generally incompetent managers who can't lead, but instead just rah-rah everything the founders do or say. Even though they claim they are a start up, you will find more money in the cushions of your couch than you'll get from the equity that they hand out. The greatest farce is the travel policy of sharing hotel rooms and the red eye requirement, so the best thing to do is just avoid travel at all costs. They cover up the awful environment by forcing employees to say nice things about the company: forced voting in the Best Places to Work survey and I'm sure several of the reviews on this site. They also hire young, inexperienced people who don't know any better, they get a few years from the good ones before they figure it out and leave. The bad ones stay, especially if they rah-rah the founders silly actions.

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