Bookspan reviews

2.9

26% would recommend to a friend

(4 total reviews)

Markus Willhelm

46% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

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5.0
Sep 20, 2023

Good company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Was a great working environment

Cons

Pay was not up to standards

1.0
Apr 28, 2016

Thoughts ??

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Pros

You can work from home Fridge with soda water milk coffee tea unlimited vacation days. Nice location, and gym membership at Equinox

Cons

1) don't expect to make more then 40k -50ka year. This can be hourly or salary. 2)you will get unlimited unpaid vacation days which again will greatly affect how much of that 40-50k you are actually taking home. 3) there is no 401k matching 4) HR doesn't have discretion or seem to put any emphasis on training. 5) employees seem displeased with the upper management and c-suite. 6) no advancement everyone is in the same place they started in even for the employee that have a few years in. 7) no culture no values no team bonding

1.0
Feb 19, 2016

Good People, BAD Management

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Pros

-It's so disorganized, you'll learn a little bit about everything, because you have to. -The people that work there are great and all bond over disliking the foolish executives. It's sort of like being on The Office, but if Steve Carell's character were extremely insecure and conniving. -Free books!

Cons

-There is a clear divide between the old guard (people that have worked at BOM for 10+ years) and the new guard (executives). Because of this morale is severely depressed. People seethe hatred regarding upper management, and it's infectious. -Everyone is in the dark about big and little changes except the CEO, COO, CTO, which feeds into an illusion of secrecy. It makes you feel as if sketchy things are taking place. - The CEO, COO, and CTO don't seem to have adequate management or people skills. I've never seen people cry on a job as much as I did here. -Promises are made but never kept from everything from salary review, job title changes, to holding a weekly meeting. -If a newcomer is hired by old staff expect to have a proper on-boarding. If hired by newer staff, expect to not know what is going on for weeks, including what your daily tasks are. (I cannot comment on the engineering team, but my general observation is that the CTO is more in touch with her team on this and other aspects of the job.) -You'll start a project and never see the results, which is really, really frustrating. This can also be attributed to executives changing their mind on dime.

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