Bitovi Reviews
91% would recommend to a friend
(18 total reviews)
Justin Meyer
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Updated Jun 15, 2023
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- 5.0Jun 7, 2023Senior Software ConsultantFormer Contractor, more than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
I enjoyed my time there, I did the tasks I wanted.
Cons
There's none I can think of
- 5.0Mar 22, 2023Senior ConsultantFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsChicago, IL
Pros
Culture of asking questions and seeking help when you need it - no one makes you feel bad for not knowing something or needing help. Open to people moving into new positions/skill sets to allow for growth.
Cons
Has some growing pains for a smaller company (30ish people to start) becoming a medium size company of 100+. Growth and career path requires some motivation of your own as they don't currently have clear promotion paths.
- 4.0Jun 15, 2023Angular DeveloperFormer EmployeeChicago, IL
Pros
good work life balance much to learn from colleagues
Cons
you don't really get to choose your client so it is a cat in box - can be good/bad experience
- 5.0Mar 26, 2023Devops EngineerFormer EmployeeChicago, IL
Pros
Flexible work and good work culture
Cons
Nothing I can think of
- 3.0Apr 14, 2022Product DesignerFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
Excellent work-life balance as a remote working consultancy. Everyone employed there is super knowledgeable and helpful. Extremely bright people. I had no issue with pay or benefits, everything was on par with both my level of experience and where I am geographically located. Decent list of clients with a mixture of big names, and smaller to mid size start ups.
Cons
CEO who thinks he can do 18 jobs at once, micro managing every detail of every project. The power dynamics here are not great and and it was often a point of frustration for everyone I spoke too. Justin speaks about self managing employees, but will not leave them alone long enough to complete tasks inside their own team groups. His standards for what is quality are often indecipherable and will rely on crude drawings to explain a point. He often involves himself deeply in matters in which he is far from being a subject matter expert and will not defer to those experts instead favoring his own brand of wisdom based on past success. I took a risk taking the job here from a very safe contract role where I enjoyed my work, but felt underpaid and was without benefits. The writing should have been on the wall for me as soon as the existing product director left as soon as I signed on, a new hire was let go, and another long term employee moved on to a position at a former client.
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Bitovi Response2yThank you for sharing open feedback about your time at Bitovi. I’m very sorry you found it difficult to work with me and that your experience at Bitovi wasn't what you'd expected it to be. We value feedback, which is why we regularly ask our team and our clients for feedback and try to use it to improve Bitovi as often as possible. While we don't believe anyone can do 18 jobs at once, we do value our team's work-life balance, as well as hiring the right individual for a role. Sometimes this means filling gaps as needed with myself or other team members until we can hire the right person. In working through the best solution for the client or project, we encourage questions and discussing what works or doesn’t work as part of the day-to-day at Bitovi. This is not because I or someone else knows better, but because this is how we come to know more as a team. As a best practice, we ask our team to proactively get feedback early and often. A quick "here's what I'm thinking" or drawing shared on Slack can often save us all a great deal of time or serve as a foundation for discussion. We will take your feedback and continue to use it to improve as a company. We wish you the best. Justin
- 5.0Jan 24, 2023Sales Development Representative (SDR)Current Employee, less than 1 yearSan Diego, CA
Pros
Best company ive worked at in a while. great values, work life balance and everyone is super friendly
Cons
i cant think of anything
- 5.0Feb 1, 2022Javascript DeveloperFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
If you're looking to further your JS/TS expertise, suffice to say there's probably nowhere on earth that's better to do it. The teams here are world class and everyone is always learning. High level leadership is stellar (every director of every organization is the most competent person I've ever met in their field). Health insurance kicks butt.
Cons
Bitovi is still very much a consultancy, and I wasn't quite prepared for that. At times, you might get thrown around as another number on a spreadsheet, another body in a room, etc just to make ends meet. Work won't always be what you want and is usually messy. Tons of your time will be spent dealing with politics and much less than you want writing code. Exec leadership can sometimes show signs of white man syndrome, and make decisions that aren't best for entire groups. Salary is on the low end of competitive.
2 - 5.0Aug 16, 2022DevOps ConsultantCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
They're a 100% remote shop, but they work to make it feel like family. You get a new hire swag box, and they have regular company meetings so that everyone is up to date. Plus they frown on people working more than 40 hours a week. They really push the work-life balance.
Cons
I don't have any cons
- 5.0Sep 16, 2022Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
They take care of you mentally and financially
Cons
Can’t think of any currently
- 1.0Nov 6, 2022Software ConsultantFormer Employee
Pros
Continuous improvement on better ways to improve their processes and delivery. Opportunity to learn and grow.
Cons
Inexperienced and mature Leadership. Narcissistic and Sociopathic personality types. They bully people on to resignation due to lack of consulting gigs.
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Bitovi has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 18 reviews left anonymously by employees. 91% of employees would recommend working at Bitovi to a friend and 82% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.
91% of Bitovi employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Bitovi 4.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.7 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Bitovi to be management, career development, benefits and the cons to be compensation, senior leadership.
