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Blue Flame Thinking Reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Josh Stauffer

100% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Blue Flame Thinking has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Flame Thinking employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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27 reviews
1.0
2 June 2014

The pits.

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Pros

A handful of really talented, great people work here though I imagine we'll all leave or be fired, soon. The way the company is run, it feels like it will all be over soon.

Cons

Out of touch leadership, lack of process, ridiculous turnover, no direction, no accountability from leadership (they just fire people, hose it down, and move on). A total environment of fear that I'll lose my job with no process or reason behind it. Family ties and gossip run rampant in an environment of secrecy. The leadership is either old, cruel or married to one another.

2.0
16 Sept 2015

Squandered Talent & Abysmal Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As the title mentions, there's a lot of wonderfully talented people at BFT. Some of the best I've worked with in my career, who care immensely about doing great work that brings results to their clients. Total compensation is competitive, with a decent bonus structure and generous healthcare contributions from the company. Both locations have beautiful office space and offer a fair amount of flexibility and work from home perks.

Cons

Executive Leadership is out of touch with their employees and their clients, caring most about profit when they should be focused on bringing solutions that actually benefit their clients' businesses. Very important business decisions are made based on emotion and 'gut' feelings without anyone paying attention to long-term impacts or the core reasons behind the visible symptoms of failure. Employees are disrespected, lied to and lied about (to both other employees AND clients) as a matter of course in order to preserve a false sense that without the brilliance of the leadership team the place wouldn't survive. Meanwhile some of the best and brightest employees are mistreated, thrown under the bus and generally bullied until they either leave or stop caring. There's enough ego in the executive team to fuel 100 Madison Avenue shops. For an agency that was on an upward trajectory, it's sad to see. And clients are noticing, too.

1.0
29 July 2015

Beware of Executive Team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The majority of the staff are talented, hard working individuals. Great group of people who are committed to producing amazing work for their clients. Also, they offer decent salaries, especially for Grand Rapids, MI. And, the office space is amazing.

Cons

The executive team doesn't seem to be equipped to successfully run a company. Above all, their decision-making skills are extremely poor and they operate in an unprofessional manner. They fail to plan long-term. Instead, they are constantly reacting to situations in a dramatic manner because they failed to plan on the front end. Due to their poor decisions, they appear to be "all over the place" on a constant basis which doesn't make employees feel very secure. Also, many employees feel disrespected due to the way that the Executive Team speaks to them. Lastly, it seems that they should stick to their respective backgrounds (marketing and journalism) instead of trying to run a company.

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