Tell me you don't know how to run a Software Company without telling me. - Software Engineer Bluebeam Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Has good benefits, decent work/life balance. Last good thing done here was HR working on adding more sick days to account for Mental health days. Like every other review, this place was a great place to be working at in the LA area, those days are gone.

Cons

I've never seen so much incompetence from leadership. It's honestly quite amazing even if you absolutely have no idea how to run a software company, you can just stand on what it was already founded on. Instead, it hires consultant after consultant trying to change the culture and direction of the company. The CTO was hired by an incompetent CEO. With a single google search of the CTO you would hesitate to even hire, or even consider interviewing. If the goal is how fast you can tank a company, then they're pros. With layoffs that were unnecessary to HR which employees actually liked, to further layoffs of "untrainable" engineers, this leadership has destroyed the culture of this company, and replace it with "buy-in is not optional, but suffering is". Too many directors and other management with some kind of say in the direction it was going did not stand up, and rather bend the knee to ideas and decisions that did not make any logical sense. Products/projects that are inherently the same thing get abandoned and marked failures, but someone new in leadership joins and says do it again disregarding previous attempts.

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Bluebeam Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this review. It's clear that you brought considerable passion and enthusiasm to your role here, and we're sorry that your time at the company ended on such a negative note. Those situations are never ideal. That said, we’re glad to hear you appreciated the ongoing investments we make in our employees health and wellness benefits. That commitment to each and every employee runs deep at Bluebeam. Our global transformation has been hard. No doubt about it. And reorganizations are incredibly difficult. But we are proud to say that due to the changes we've made we have been able to continue growing at a record pace while we have worked together towards building our future. We couldn’t be more proud of the contributions all our current and former employees have made along the way, and we wish you all the best in your career.

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5.0
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Pros

- Collaborative culture with smart and friendly coworkers - Strong focus on work-life balance - Opportunities to learn and grow in both technical and product areas

Cons

- Some legacy systems can slow down development - Project timelines can shift quickly depending on priorities

2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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