Brigade Reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Matt Mahan

67% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Brigade has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brigade employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews
5.0
27 Apr 2017

Great team working on a very important problem

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* The Brigade team has a clear mission - make American citizens engage in the political process and drive for impact. I have never worked for a company that worked on a more important problem. I suspect I never will. * Great team of inspiring people, truly cares about making an impact. Many of the people that left, moved on to working for other orgs that try to make the world a better place. * Management is trying hard to keep people motivated and focused. They are not always successful (see "cons") but they are attentive and engaged. * Great office location (SOMA), nice perks.

Cons

* This is a hard space. The user is "the American voter" but that user rarely wants to engage. * Product direction changes too frequently to my taste. I can understand that, considering my previous point.

2.0
1 Dec 2016

Ugh

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of intelligent and friendly coworkers. Genuinely good people.

Cons

Management has no idea what the product is or how to treat people. I was fired after almost 2 years. I was liked by everyone and was let go for performance, not for my personality. They gave me 15 minutes to say goodbye to everyone and I received no severance. Very classy.

1.0
29 Aug 2017

Very Disappointing Experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Standard perks, inflated salaries -Some great people in various roles -Wonderful office and location

Cons

As evidenced by the other negative reviews (not written by cofounders), this is less than an ideal place to work in any function. Some highlights: -"Executing" on a vision unquestioned and unchanged for years. As mentioned elsewhere, the product is designed for a userbase of millions (and user scaling plans are never discussed) -Incredibly weak leadership team. "Failing upwards" is a phrase that comes to mind here. -Product viability is never examined, standard software development practices ignored. Whoever is the loudest usually gets his or her way ultimately. -As mentioned elsewhere, HR practices are indeed abhorrent, especially in recruiting candidates for roles. Be VERY careful here. -Favoritism and arbitrary promotions to less-than-qualified people causes internal conflict and poor team cohesion. -Incredible defensiveness and sanctimony when product or business roadmaps are challenged; not a lot of room for new ideas or collaborations

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