A great place to start - Anonymous employee BambooHR Employee Review

2.0
10 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at BambooHR for over 5 years, and in that time I saw a lot of positive changes, mixed in with a lot of gaslighting. There is an expectation to grow from good to great, but don't expect to be compensated for that growth. Bamboo is very open about their financial position, which is wonderful, but it backfires when they claim they don't have the resources to adequately pay their most important resources, their employees. They hype up their benefits, which were novel back in 2016, but are now common place. The $2,000 paid paid vacation is nice, but falls short when you realize you could be making at least 10k more at another company. It's nice that there is a culture of prioritizing taking time off.

Cons

BambooHR is no longer unique. It's a tech company, masquerading as a HR industry leader, while not practicing what they preach. If you've been to Utah County, you know about the veneer over the culture, and the prevalence of yes men. Bamboo is not immune from that. In fact, Bamboo goes out of its way to recruit out of state management that fits into that mold. If you don't fit the Utah County mold, expect a lot of friction.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
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Pros

BambooHR is a great place to work with outstanding people.

Cons

BambooHR is focusing heavily on AI, which can come at the expense of jobs.

1.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you’re complacent with being told what to do and are OK with the pay, you will be OK working here

Cons

There might not be enough space for what I have to say. Management is full of narcissist. Little to no accountability or responsibility from management. Management job is supposed to be helping the team and supporting them and learning the job which they extremely lack in. If you are OK with having someone tell you how to do your job that doesn’t know how to do your job then, you’re in luck. When the team was failing to hit quota, their solution was to keep it the same while calling the BDR‘s complacent. Management also failed to recognize that reps were obtaining quota only through going to events. A work colleague of mine gave feedback in a meeting and was later criticized for providing feedback. After that meeting, he was told not to speak up in a meeting like that. Yet they say they welcome feedback. Management finds time to do things that don’t benefit the team or add extra task to their plate. The organization also loves pointless meetings that can be summarized in two short sentences. My last piece is that the team has a mutual feeling about management and suckers up to them because they are playing the . Bamboo fails to recognize their weaknesses and if they managed to succeed, I would be impressed with how it’s been ran.

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