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Bronto Software

Acquired by Oracle

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Definitely stay away from this place - Marketing Bronto Software Employee Review

1.0
19 Dec 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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5.0
10 Dec 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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5.0
13 Feb 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company really does live its' values of passion, transparency and approachability. Have never worked for a company (especially a private one) that shared its plans and the results with all employees as openly as this one does. The C level execs are open and accessible to all employees. They move their desks around the company, sitting in different depts so they can be connected to what is really happening in the company. Yes, the culture is quirky and fun as others have said but more than anything I would call it collaborative. The open environment encourages collaboration and it happens at all levels, within and across all depts. It is common to be having a conversation with a colleague and have a colleague from another dept who is walking by just join in the conversation and add their point of view. The added perspectives are welcomed. Don't join this company if you don't appreciate collaboration.

Cons

The biggest challenge of the company is managing its rapid growth. Maintaining the culture and the high levels of success while growing this fast can often be a challenge. Sometimes it feels like different groups get out of sync with each other, and most times, they work together to figure out what happened and how to avoid it in the future.

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