Sensibill reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)
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Corey Gross

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Sensibill has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sensibill employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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77 reviews
1.0
Jan 20, 2021
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Pros

Interesting industry and product to work on

Cons

The engineering team is worked to the bone. You will be working through the night, work overtime every day and it will not be enough. Everyone is scared of management, terrible culture where you shouldn't have a life. Don't fall into this trap of a company, not sure why there are so many high reviews

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Sensibill Response
5y
We’re so sorry to hear that you are feeling overworked and underappreciated. While we do have clear targets we are working hard to achieve this year, our priority is the well being of our team. We're working very hard on our engineering culture, and have received a lot of great feedback from the teams, who are highly engaged. There are indeed some cases where we have to double down to meet a deadline, but they are very limited. Our engineering teams mean the world to us and we are working very hard to make sure they taken care of very well.
5.0
Apr 23, 2019
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Pros

- I have learned so much in the time I've spent at Sensibill. Everyone on the team is smart, passionate, and keen to share their knowledge, and as we work quite cross functionally, you can't help but absorb some of that knowledge. It's a good feeling to come in and not just do the stuff you're interested in but also learn something about a totally different field or domain. - There's a sense of true autonomy here. You're given a mandate and a direction, then allowed to run. Sometimes that's scary and I've definitely made some mistakes in my time here. It would have been easy to take that in the most negative way possible but I think with the support of the people around me I've used those experiences to become a better professional. - The people here are funny. Seems silly writing it out in a Glassdoor review but it's true and for me, a huge plus. Everyone has a good sense of humour and there's a real joy in coming in to that kind of environment - for me at least. - My personal experience with the leadership team has been really great. They're honest, transparent, and optimistic about the future of the company. The sense I've gotten is that of people trying their absolute best to build a good company. Are they infallible? Of course not. But then again, neither am I. - In my time here I've seen people move from the Marketing team to the Product team, from working solely on the Android side of things to dabbling in AND learning about iOS development, from being an individual contributor to leading a team. This flows from that idea of autonomy. You're really allowed to forge your path and grow your career the way you see fit. (Previous reviews have called out the Talent and Culture team for posting fake reviews. Not sure where that is coming from. Full disclosure, I'm on that team and this is my first time posting here in over a year. And just like any other employee, we have personal opinions on the places we work at. This is mine.)

Cons

- It's a company that's still forging an identity as it grows and scales. As such, a lot of process that you might find at a more mature and "stable" company doesn't necessarily exist here. That's not to say that no one is working on it, but the reality is that sometimes certain business needs take precedence. - As I mentioned earlier, if you don't like making mistakes, you won't like it here. There's a lot of onus placed on the individual contributor, and though there's mentorship, guidance, coaching, and all of that available, you are ultimately responsible. You can take that as an opportunity to grow or you can internalize it more negatively. Neither way is right or wrong in my opinion, just different. - There's historically been a sense that middle management has been lacking here. i.e. not enough managers to manage the teams doing the work. I think that that's a fair criticism, but things have been trending the right way over the past 6 to 12 months. It's not easy building high performing teams in a tech ecosystem like Toronto's. Sensibill's competing with every other tech company for the same, limited pool of talent. With a new VP, Engineering, Dev Managers, and Senior Devs joining us over the past few months, that perceived gap between the executive team and the front-line is closing. - No dogs/cats in the office.

5.0
Jun 20, 2018

Sensibill is a great company!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I heard about some negative reviews of Sensibill here on GD... Well what can I say? I think some of the grumpy people aren't factoring in everything about this company. Sensibill offers just about all you could ask for, seriously! Great work culture, amazing benefits, strong leadership. Yes, they are a start-up, and you have to understand there will be growing pains. That's not for you? No problem, please do move on. As for me, I'm quite happy to be working very hard, and I know that my work directly impacts the company - unlike some other places I've worked where one can be made to feel like a neglected, unappreciated drone. Honestly, I look forward to arriving at work every day. It's great!

Cons

No company is perfect. There is a communication gap, which management is addressing. But, heck, today we were told: you didn't know Sensibill will spend $1500 per year on your individual training? Hmm, after 5 more mins of thinking about the cons at Sensibill I can't come up with anything more significant than the state of the office coffee... Gee, and they've scheduled a new vendor for a demo tomorrow!

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Sensibill Response
7y
We're glad you agree that we have one of the best employee value propositions in the industry. You're right about our failure to communicate effectively- we know we have gaps we need to fill, and we're working to improve. Thanks to the feedback from employees, we were quick to identify this and collaboratively implement changes to do better. Happy we have you along for the adventure as we strive to be the best.
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