Eventbrite Employee Reviews about "career growth"

Cons

Of course, a lot of these reviews are biased based on people's experiences. If you're an engineer, I would encourage you to carefully read all of the reviews and consider who wrote these reviews before you make a decision on whether or not to join this company.

- Even though I had expressed concerns about my career growth and offered my help to come up with a path for growth multiple times, my manager never once discussed my career growth or options during my time here.
- Some of the management here has no business being people managers. I think you'll find this is a common theme among some of the reviews here.
- Review process was a joke, so your feedback on your manager won't make a difference.
- Poor transparency and communication. People you are working with on projects would be let go, and it would not be communicated to you.
- It was a very sales/marketing driven company when I left, which also suggests weak Engineering leadership at the executive level. Features were jammed down developer's throats, and oftentimes incomplete features were released in order to meet deadlines at which time the next feature would get worked on. Tech debt and bad code everywhere.
- Not a lot of innovation.
- Compensation is on the lower end of the market.

Cons

Here were my determining factors in deciding why to leave one of the 'Best Places to Work':

1. It's hard to get an honest opinion about other employees' experience when the company places pressure on current employees to inflate the ratings.

2. Some of the worst management style I have ever come across in my career. My manager was extremely incompetent and has never managed a group of people before Eventbrite. They would give inconsistent feedback and empty promises on career growth and advancement. Their entire team has now left the company.

3. Compensation is below market rates. Management tries to bake the perks of the company into your package, however, this should be an added bonus, not part of your yearly compensation.

4. Part of the motivation driver of the sales team is fear. There is a top-down culture that creates politics and tension. Consistent layoffs mixed with irrational, quick decisions creates a layer of paranoia that is deeply rooted into the team and culture.

Cons

My role was repetitive and felt menial at times. Management didn't show the most interest in supporting entry level career growth, though admittedly they had very busy schedules. Early hours were not that enjoyable either.

Cons

-Disorganized from the top down.
-People leaders abusing power. Hierarchical and very political.
-Runs lean at the expense of employees.
-No real career growth opportunities
-Poor leadership
-No accountability
-Low pay. You could do the same job somewhere else and make a lot more.

Work here for the name and experience (which, trust me, you will get. You will do things beyond your scope of work and level and never ever be appreciated or recognized for it) and then move on. There is more to a job than free snacks.

Cons

Depending on role, limited career growth

Cons

Lack of career growth, overzealous company culture, poor comp.

Cons

The only thing that comes to mind, and I wouldn't necessarily call it a con since this is a growing company, but it would be great to have a clearer sense in regard to career growth and opportunities. I understand that with a company growing this quickly, changes happen frequently so it is difficult to really pinpoint a career path.

Cons

Would be good to have clearer career growth opportunities. A few growing pains, but to be expected at this stage in the company's evolution.

Cons

Upper management in customer service lacks good communication and they are very reactive. They make a lot of changes with little thought to how it affects the team or their morale. Sometimes, they'll make a big change then take our feedback and backtrack on the change instead of bringing us into the picture earlier on which could avoid a lot of issues. When the office opened there was a lot of talk about never becoming a call center and about career growth. We've definitely moved more toward a call center mentality though. The value of work-life balance doesn't seem to be a priority anymore unfortunately.

Cons

- Primarily young management team lacking big company experience to facilitate growth to the next level
- Limited upward mobility for middle management and real focus on employee career growth
- Lower end of compensation for market - they like to sell the dream to get you in
- Culture, while super fun, up beat and friendly outwardly, discourages confrontation causing management to often skirt around issues instead of being direct and upfront