bimm

2.0

Mar 12, 2021

Anonymous employee

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Pros

- Some teams are filled with fantastic people that you will genuinely miss speaking to every day. That quality has gone down recently with a change in priorities but some teams are still really strong. - In the same theme as the above: some teams are both very strong at what they do and extremely kind. It's a rarer mix but a lot of them have have or are leaving the company rapidly (feels like 1-2 a month). - The RRSP matching is a good benefit but you do need to stay 2 years to keep the money the invested in your RRSP. - If you're building your portfolio, there are some good clients to be able to say you've worked with. - If you're realistic about what you're getting into when you join, you can get what you need out of the experience and move on.

Cons

- To echo another review, you will have no life outside of work if you work at BIMM. 80 hours really isn't a joke - after work until 1am, weekends, holidays, sick days, you will work. There's is no over time or lieu time. There have been some serious mental health issues that have come up from staff as a result that everyone knows about. This is not a secret and I'm surprised the CEO left a response saying otherwise. - Upper management feels that working over holidays and weekends is normal and not an exception, so much so they laugh about the "good times" when they worked over Christmas, and the Christmas before that last minute. There are no plans to fix it and countless people have left because of it. - As a result of the above, it's not a great place for anyone looking to work the odd long day or weekend and have hobbies, have a family, etc. - The healthcare plan is very expensive and the lowest package is still very expensive but has very few benefits included in it. - There no resources to up your skills internally. BIMM staff who have been there for 2 years or longer have outdated skills and are outpaced by new staff quickly (which is maybe why you see tenures of <1.5 years or 5+ years). The issue is the skilled staff don't stick around very long, or are so overworked there's no time for them to train others. Those that train others aren't paid to do so but added to their work loads. - Extreme growing pains when it comes to modernizing. Upper management is very out of touch of what is happening outside of traditional media and when it comes to anything technology related are out of their depth. - High turnover has been difficult on the team morale overall and management doesn't seem to be able to prevent it (see above). - Pay is lower than market rate.

bimm Response

Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your honesty and transparency. We agree, we do have amazing people that work at BIMM who work hard for their team and the clients they manage. One of the tough parts about our business is that people never stay forever but our goal is to always ensure they leave better than when they came and / or they establish relationships with people they worked with at BIMM. Our people are one of the things that makes us an amazing place to work. I'm sorry to hear your experience wasn't as positive as many others that have come through our doors, we hope that your next place of employment provides you all the things you're looking for. We know this past year has been difficult, between BIMM growing by 30% (hiring over 30 people) and the impact of the Pandemic, its been a challenge to manage at times. But like everything at BIMM we are looking at the positives. One, we are never going back to work in a traditional way. We will be implementing an industry-leading BTW model, we've established a formal HR function to manage the growing and complex needs of our team and we've implemented a new structure and processes to deal with the growth of our company. It's an exciting time to be working at BIMM. As a company, we take our people's lives outside of our office seriously and as we continue to grow we are focused on ensuring the necessary support programs are in place to manage our people's health and wellness. I appreciate the comments and will bring these back to our HR and management teams to ensure we are addressing the needs of all of our employees. All the best.

If you're out of other options, go with BIMM until you find something else. - Anonymous employee bimm Employee Review

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