"Great place to work, full of opportunities"
- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Global company with lots of career opportunities.
Eventbrite HQ puts a lot of trust and value on the Spanish office, and gives us ample room to give value back to the company.
Friendly work environment that really makes an effort to honor work life balance
Cons
One of our challenges of working in a global company is collaborating across timezones. Conversely, one of our perks is being able to visit our peers around the globe
Advice to Management
Keep up the momentum!
I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Very good onboarding process
- Great company culture which empowers employees to get the best out of them
- Good pay and loads of benefits (free breakfast/lunch, gym subscription refund, transport costs, etc).
- International company (colleagues all over the world)
- Great office in Amsterdam
- Culture inspires good work/life balance
Cons
None so far, great place to work
I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
The company is great thus far. The people, culture, location and benefits make it a very enjoyable experience.
The care for staff and work/life balance are a credit to the organisation.
Great company on the same page globally, striving to be the best in the industry treating their employees with respect along the way.
Cons
Nothing to speak of at this stage. The experience has been great thus far.
Advice to Management
Nothing
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I worked at Eventbrite full-time (More than a year)
Pros
* The management has really improved over the last year. I think Eventbrite actually tries hard to make sure employees are happy, but there is something missing and hence a handful of good people already left.
* Great work-life balance.
* Some of the smartest and kindest people. There is a few people who are not that good but there is few of them.
* Free lunches
* Work across the world as there is more acquisitions if you are lucky
* Unlike salary, benefits are pretty good
Cons
* Pay quite below the average for engineers
* If you are one of the hire up favorites, your concerns are more likely to be addressed. Same goes in engineering. Not much gets done unless you are one of the people who is "respected". It's a bit biased to be honest.
* As someone already mentioned, behind that good exterior there is hidden lies and lack of enthusiasm.
Advice to Management
Promote people if they work hard and go out of their ways. The pay is low so there is not much incentive unless you make it so (with more raises and promotions).
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I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- very positive onboarding and training experience + consistent support after the training
- great company culture, motivated and passionate employees
- international environment, creative and techy, open communication channels and the leadership team communicates with all teams
- managers are very approachable and supportive
- great salary package and additional benefits such as cover the cost of transport, snacks & drinks onsite, paid lunch 3 days a week
- work/life balance
Cons
I really don't have cons to report. My experience up to date is all positive.
Advice to Management
Keep up with good works!
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I worked at Eventbrite full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Usual perks: free food/snacks, coffee, health benefits, nice office
Cons
I quit Eventbrite as soon as I was able. Despite the nice office/perks and facade of a "fun company culture", I did not enjoy working at Eventbrite. Don't be fooled by all the hyped 5-star reviews by entry-level new hires who don't know any better (yet).
1. Senior leader(s) of my department created a toxic, uncomfortable working environment. Complained to me about my own peers/colleagues, putting them down behind their backs. I've never experienced such unprofessionalism, and I was really disappointed about this. Given how frequently this happened, it was very hard to trust my managers: seeing them pretend to care about an employee, only to turn around the next moment and complain about them. I don't doubt that they've done the same to me.
2. Unappreciative. Leaders take their most diligent employees for granted. Constantly made heavy demands of the team to meet deadlines, but did NOT take the time to understand whether we had enough resources. Because of this, team would kill themselves working long hours just to hit deadlines, and management WON'T go out of their way to acknowledge dedication and hard work. On the other hand, if anything is less-than-perfect, then fingers ARE pointed and you'll get facetime with upper management to talk about what they don't like about you or your work.
3. No actual work/life balance. I was expected to return emails/calls in the evenings at home and while I was on vacation. I felt judged by my leaders whenever I asked to take any of my "unlimited PTO", even though I took less PTO than most others on my team. They were definitely counting days and letting you know they didn't like it.
4. Clique-y and cultist culture. Like a few others here have written, if you don't live and breathe Eventbrite, you don't fit in. Managers show favoritism.
Advice to Management
Seriously evaluate your leaders. Eventbrite doesn't practice what they preach.
I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
During my application process, I read just about every review on Eventbrite's Glassdoor page - and from the minute I walked in for my interview, I saw the positive vibes in action. I've now been with the company for a little over two months, and every day I wake up even more excited to come to work. There are many, many pros to working at Eventbrite (hello, endless La Croix, delicious and healthy catered lunch, employer-paid healthcare and a host of other perks that simply make life easier), but the best part is being surrounded by super smart and driven people who really love what they do. I also really appreciate the push for strong communication and personal/professional development. Finally, as a woman, I have been incredibly impressed and motivated by the strong female leadership at Eventbrite, both within my team and company-wide.
Cons
Not really a con but a general comment - it's not all ping pong tables and free snacks. I've found the work/life balance to be great (and that balance is VERY encouraged), but this is not a place for people who just want punch the clock. However, if you're looking for a place where you will be pushed out of your comfort zone, encouraged to dig deep and learn about many different facets of a business, Eventbrite is it!
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you're doing. I couldn't imagine a better place to work!
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I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Eventbrite has been one of the best job experiences I have had from the moment I walked in the door. They were very welcoming during the interview process and had a great training program to get me ramped up. The work life balance is amazing and I couldn't ask for better people to spend 40 hours with :)
Cons
So far I do not have any cons with my experience at Eventbrite.
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I worked at Eventbrite full-time
Pros
For the most part, people are nice and Eventbrite has great benefits.
Cons
For all of the good things EB has going on for itself, it is outweighed by the sorority culture it has among its people. EB is best described as a superficial culture that lacks genuine interaction -- the leaders I worked with pretended to care and be on your side but would conspire against you and shut themselves off from all forms of communication. I often times would come into work and have to guess if my manager was having a bad day and if they'll deflect their negativity onto me.
The people I worked with were all intelligent and respectable, but there were plenty of moments where they leveraged that and became condescending. Definitely a culture of flexing and seeing who has the bigger stick. Additionally, if your work is not your life, and you are not constantly thinking about "Eventbrite," you will have a very tough time connecting with anyone. Here, you have to be all about Eventbrite or you're out.
Eventbrite prides itself for its work life balance and even has an unlimited PTO plan for its employees, however, they hardly practice what they preach. Unlimited PTO is pretty much a myth used as a pitch to get you to sign on with them. I had a vacation planned and gave my manager plenty of notice ahead of time and was still hounded for responses and work during that time -- is it not common sense to respect my personal time? Don't be fooled by the benefits and the people. Easily the worst place I've worked in my career.
Advice to Management
The CEO is a great woman and leader that I personally loved to talk to, but it's a shame that other leaders can't take after that and keep their power trip to themselves. Learn transparency and honesty. If you are going to whisper a secret about another team member or other colleagues, be less obvious about it. Please be more aware of your team members' needs or please evaluate who you're putting in a leadership position before you do it. There were way too many under-qualified people in leadership roles and it just doesn't make sense. Do better.
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I have been working at Eventbrite full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Nice people for the most part
Passionate CEO
Cons
No work/life balance.
Stressful environment.
Lack of communication, transparency, and guidance from management.
No support on career path.
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