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3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(96 total reviews)
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Eoghan McCabe

69% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

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2.0
Nov 11, 2018

Account Exectuive

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High inbound lead flow. Customers love the product.

Cons

Low morale and high attrition.

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Intercom Response
7y
Bummed you feel this way. Here's the data I have… The last employee engagement survey we ran this summer gave us 80% positive, 13% neutral. All of our engagement scores over the years have been between 80-83% positive I believe. Employee churn in the past 3 months is 0.2% lower than in the same period last year. Flat basically. It's about half regrettable (we didn't want them to leave), half non-regrettable (they were receiving poor performance feedback and/or they we're let go after being on a performance improvement plan). All that said, I'm not trying to invalidate or disagree with how you feel or what you're seeing. I believe you're not happy, and you must be seeing some people around you leaving. But give me some details so I can do something about it. You have my email address. I 100% guarantee to not disclose your identity to anyone. <3
1.0
Nov 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Colleagues are smart and great people to work with - Free lunch and snacks daily

Cons

I joined Intercom based on the great job opportunity and culture, however, soon thereafter noted it was not the case. Very little of the role was an actual representation of what finance responsibilities should be. You were given more projects from other teams that they did not want to work on and after a while, you convince yourself it will get better but it never does. The full finance team has churned in a matter of a few weeks due to poor management.

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Intercom Response
7y
Hey. Sending the same message to both of you given you both worked together, on the same team, left at the same time, in the same circumstances, and have the same complaints here, etc. Ultimately, no matter what, as far as I'm concerned, if anyone EVER leaves this company feeling how you're feeling, we've failed. 100%. There is always a way to part amicably, and with respect and love. I'm really sorry it ended this way. That said, I do have a responsibility to defend the company in light of these statements. There are a bunch of people reading these who will be influenced by them and Intercom deserves for them to have the truth. I don't accept the "mistreatment" and "sketchiness" comments. That's not fair and not true. What is true is that your manager was not proactive enough about giving feedback on poor performance. This is on him. He left it way too late. He knows he messed up badly and he will be held accountable to learning from this and not making that mistake again. But he's a very sweet person, who means so well, who is very capable, and who has my full support. I do not say that about all people who mess up, but I can see the character of this person and am very comfortable defending him. Regarding "in some teams … everyone below director-level quit within less than a month", this is patently false. I don't know of a single person in the past many years who has quit in less than a month. (I'm maybe forgetting someone.) I understand you're pissed off at us, or maybe you just have your facts wrong. But this is an unfair thing to put out there too. Again, ultimately, the very fact that you feel this way means we failed you. There is no two ways about it. I am truly sorry and I hope that in time you come to net out feeling positively about your time here. If you have more to get off your chest, please feel free to mail me any time. If you feel like I'm misrepresenting the facts here, please correct me and I'll update this post. eoghan@intercom.io Sending good vibes and sincerely wishing you the very best. <3
1.0
Nov 4, 2018

Disappointing experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Colleagues are great Lunch provided daily Office Experience team does a great job making it a fun environment to be in Great products and big ambitions

Cons

I joined Intercom because I heard great things about its culture, and when I joined that was true. I was proud to work here. But over time you learn a lot about the actual values of the people you work with. I'm not ok with mistreating people and sketchiness, and I want to work for a company and team that genuinely cares about its people through both the good and the difficult times. I would strongly encourage anyone considering joining Intercom to take a close look at the team's retention and history. In some teams (e.g. finance), everyone below director-level quit within less than a month...

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Intercom Response
7y
Hey. Sending the same message to both of you given you both worked together, on the same team, left at the same time, in the same circumstances, and have the same complaints here, etc. Ultimately, no matter what, as far as I'm concerned, if anyone EVER leaves this company feeling how you're feeling, we've failed. 100%. There is always a way to part amicably, and with respect and love. I'm really sorry it ended this way. That said, I do have a responsibility to defend the company in light of these statements. There are a bunch of people reading these who will be influenced by them and Intercom deserves for them to have the truth. I don't accept the "mistreatment" and "sketchiness" comments. That's not fair and not true. What is true is that your manager was not proactive enough about giving feedback on poor performance. This is on him. He left it way too late. He knows he messed up badly and he will be held accountable to learning from this and not making that mistake again. But he's a very sweet person, who means so well, who is very capable, and who has my full support. I do not say that about all people who mess up, but I can see the character of this person and am very comfortable defending him. Regarding "in some teams … everyone below director-level quit within less than a month", this is patently false. I don't know of a single person in the past many years who has quit in less than a month. (I'm maybe forgetting someone.) I understand you're pissed off at us, or maybe you just have your facts wrong. But this is an unfair thing to put out there too. Again, ultimately, the very fact that you feel this way means we failed you. There is no two ways about it. I am truly sorry and I hope that in time you come to net out feeling positively about your time here. If you have more to get off your chest, please feel free to mail me any time. If you feel like I'm misrepresenting the facts here, please correct me and I'll update this post. eoghan@intercom.io Sending good vibes and sincerely wishing you the very best. <3
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