All good reviews are fake for sure - Anonymous employee Brizi Employee Review

1.0
20 Apr 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Engineering team is alright. All other parts of the business who has touch points with CEO, literally none.

Cons

Most of the good reviews are fakes as mentioned below, created by either CEO or current employees. Review titled "These glassdoor reviews are kinda hilarious..." is a fake one right off the bat. The only person who was hired after the incident of group coercion incident did not write that review and there was no contractor/employee hired for long time afterwards. Well fabricated story by mixing some facts and fiction. Good reviews from April 11th, 2018 to April 16th, 2018 was probably a damage control after true nightmare review titled "Good reviews all from current employees aka CEO-mandated damage control. Former employees all agree. AVOID!" on April 11th, 2018. Can't agree more with every detail on this post. CEO and the company is super cheap, no leadership what so ever, manipulative, disingenuous and worst of all, just a nasty human being with no moral standards. Wanna know the truth? Do a quick search on CEO's linked in. She is 26 and cannot possibly have 4 years of full-time experience (from Lexus Canada to Microsoft). The truth is it was all internship/co-op positions, which means she never even had a full time job in her life before this company. She deliberately hid the year she graduated from school and the months on her experience to mislead intentionally. Still not convinced? Do a quick 5 minute research on LinkedIn or Angellist for past employees of Brizi and ask. You will soon see which reviews are fakes are which ones are real. Doing an interview soon or considering to take an offer from Brizi? Do your due diligence and contact former Brizi employees before you decide to accept an offer.

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Brizi Response
8y
Sorry you had a bad experience with the team. I can tell you that the reviews are not fake, I've spoken to at least several people who have written reviews on the team in confidence. As someone who has spent time with the Brizi team, you would know that a culture of open honesty and trust are fundamental to our values, I find your review petty, and am simply disappointed. With regards to your comments about our CEO, it takes a lot of courage and an incredible amount of risk to build a successful company, nobody is perfect, but even in the time I've been here, everyone on the team including the founders have changed and grown a lot. Your comments feel like you have an axe to grind with the CEO, I strongly recommend you have a heart-to-heart and understand why you feel the way you do.

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5.0
16 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Been able to learn more in my short time with Brizi, than I have in school and all of my other previous employers. Awesome people, family atmosphere. Everyone goes through the success and failure together and all members are aligned on the big vision. The product itself is incredible, and our job is to allow fans to capture their best moments and memories inside arenas and stadiums!

Cons

This isn't a 9-5 corporate job. You do impactful work and are held accountable. It's not easy work, but it's an incredible challenge. If you have the right attitude, these aren't cons!

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Brizi Response
8y
Thanks for the kind words! Family atmosphere is a great way of putting it, couldn't agree more.
1.0
9 Apr 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Absolutely none. The treatment I received from Brizi was completely unethical.

Cons

I have been an independent digital visual designer for almost a decade. Brizi are by far the worst people I have ever dealt with. I have had my share of issues in such a long period of time (as is natural), but Brizi were beyond anything I have ever experienced. They simply ripped me off. We agreed on the job and set milestones. Money was held in Escrow for the first portion of the job. I spent a considerable amount of time getting the work up and running and sent it over to the person I was in dealing with, who then requested multiple edits to the work. Next morning I awoke to find the job cancelled with them saying they had decided to 'go with another contractor' and that they would not be paying me for my work thus far. No feedback, no nothing - just withdrew from escrow and told me I was gone. I later found out they had been courting multiple contractors (no doubt telling them they were all hired) and were essentially having them all create work and just 'shopping' for what they wanted (no doubt without paying for any of them). I'm still trying to get my money for the time I have spent, but it is proving difficult. Treading contractors and workers in this way is cruel, unfair and completely unethical. Brizi present themselves as a forward facing clean company but the way they use people is a disgrace. Shame on Brizi.

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Brizi Response
8y
We're sorry to hear about your experience. We know how challenging it can be to work as a contractor for startups and appreciate your work. Brizi has a rigorous screening process, even for some contractors on important projects, and we do our best to make it clear upfront when anyone is doing a case or are working on a project. The employee you dealt with is no longer with the company, and we apologize on their behalf if we are at fault for the misunderstanding.
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