Blexr Reviews

2.3

23% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)

21% positive business outlook

Blexr has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Blexr employee rating is 40% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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62 reviews
1.0
23 Jan 2024

5 letters, 1 word. TOXIC!

Recommend
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Pros

If you value some half decent benefits over your mental health then that's the only positive.

Cons

There are too many to name. This is by far the most toxic work environment I have ever experienced in 20+ years of my career. There is a so called 'tribe leadership team' that do everything in complete secrecy, don't consult those in the know when making key decisions and will then take all the credit when something goes well. This leadership, or lack of, stems from the very top though. The COO (as mentioned in other reviews here) is without doubt one of the most uninspiring, narcissistic and borderline bully amongst the executive team and that way of working transpires down the ladder causing misery to those actually doing the job. Everything is urgent, everything was needed yesterday and nothing is ever good enough. This is a sinking ship and cant continue as is! I was told to read the reviews before joining the company and I ignored that advice, and I wish I didn't. The job market is quiet at the moment but I cannot wait to be out of here. Product, Delivery and Engineering - the 3 core areas of any software development organisation - are broken. We have lost so many good people over the last 12 months it's becoming a running joke amongst the team. The staff retention rates here are ridiculous, it is incredibly rare for someone to stay longer than 18+ months. HR call themselves the 'People team'. Well if you are reading this do something for your 'people' before it becomes too late!!

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Blexr Response
2y
Hi there, Thanks for taking the time to leave your review. I am sorry to read about your experience and it is clear you have a lot of frustrations to share. I would really like the time to speak to you about these so we can understand some examples and look at how we address them. We do indeed call ourselves the People team because we want to work with all our people to create mutual understanding and the best possible experience for all. If you are able to come and talk this through with me, it will give us the best possible opportunity to do that for you too. Thanks Sophie
1.0
23 Feb 2023

Bad bad bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some ok benefits but many not useful and just sounds good. Some good people but they are leaving or want to leave.

Cons

98% of things are bad. Management is greedy and there is no respect for your personal life. The expectation is to be online before 9 and to stay online until very late in the evenings. Managers always contact you when you are suppose to be offline or on vacation. They are forcing structures and builds before we and products are ready and do not care about workloads and they change ideas half way, when we've been working late for many weeks and then we have to throw the whole project away. Wasting our time, wasting time with our families. Management have ego problems and are rude and threatens people in calls. There are so many zoom meetings that you won't have time to do your work and many of the meetings could have been emails. You are always being chased for information which was planned for later in year only and agreed at the time, no point in making these plans because it all depends on how some of the management feels that day, there is many emotional decisions and arguments

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Blexr Response
3y
Hi there I appreciate you taking the time to write a review. As you are a current employee I would really like to get more of your feedback with our People Partnering team - in your stay interviews or any other way you want to share with us. The more information we have, the better we can help and support. Of course, we want to ensure all our people have a great experience at Blexr and that is clearly not the case here which I am very sorry to hear. We are committed to growing a transparent and honest culture so I would really like to work on this with you by understanding a lot more about the examples you have and agree some plans to move forward more positively. Please get in touch. Thanks Sophie VP People and Talent
1.0
30 July 2023

I wouldn't recommend anyone to work here at all!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Only good thing is Salary and Benefits

Cons

They pay you the salary you want and give good benefits as a way to use this to guilt trip you into working unsociable hours. There is not a worklife balance here. Very toxic work environment, the COO is incredibly difficult to work with, very condescending and speaks to people like delinquent children. You can see work colleagues rolling their eyes whilst you are speaking in meetings (The worst behaviour I have witnessed in any workplace). A million and one unnecessary meetings and still expect you to perform in your role. They want you to perform tasks in the speed of light and will threaten you with being fired if you don't complete them in time. No diversity whatsoever and they don't care about it! People leave so often it is worrying, not normal for a company of their size.

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Blexr Response
2y
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and sharing your opinion. It is of course concerning to read as it doesn't sound like you are happy at Blexr or in your role. Let's talk about it so we can learn and support. You can come straight to me in confidence to have a conversation at anytime. It really is the best way to be able to make change; listening, understanding and discussing what we can do differently. All of the reviews on glassdoor are the perspective of employees past and present, we welcome all feedback. It would be great to explore how we can create a positive experience for you also. Please do take me up on the opportunity to talk it through. Sophie VP People and Talent
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