BroadVision Reviews

Products no one wants. CEO might have an award from Business Week from 1997, but he may be the biggest moron in Silicon Valley. Products dont work Meglomaniac CEO Board that is the CEO's handpicked lackeys. They have no clue that the products don't work and that they are too complicated and that the market doesn't want them. CEO expects people to be available 24/7. CEO threatens people and then says its just tough love. It is a 100% guarantee that your career will die working here. There is 99.9% guarantee that this company will not succeed.

BroadVision is by far the worst company I have ever worked for in my 30+ years of experience. I don't know where to start... The CEO - Pehong Chen was successful in the 90's and continues to have a huge ego based on his past accomplishments. He has not accomplished anything professionally since Gain Technology sold in 2002. He insists on having his fingers in every aspect of the day to day operations and constantly degrades and demoralizes employees out of fear that his precious company is failing. On the rare occasion when he does come into the office he arrives at 2pm and leaves by 4pm. The Company - BroadVision was once an e-commerce platform and has completely lost its way since then. In the last few years we've been trying to sell a knowledge management and collaboration software called Vmoso to no avail. The UI is horrendous, it's extremely complicated, and the industry is already saturated with far better products. The engineering team is constantly redesigning insignificant features per request of the CEO, the marketing team is non-existent, and the sales team can't sell Vmoso to save their lives. The business practices are terrible. Out of desperation for revenue, we forced existing customers of our other products to purchase Vmoso against their will and despite them having no desire or need to use it. BroadVision is no longer profitable and is almost out of money. There will be no additional funding and the money we have left is enough to pay salaries and keep the lights on for only a few more months. The Leadership - The egos and attitudes of the leaders at BroadVision is just one aspect of what has buried this company into the ground. The narrow-minded thinking and the repression of good ideas from new talent is toxic. It is their way or now way at all, and the leadership has no problem internally humiliating any outside of the box thinking. The Culture - It is non-existent. There are no team building activities, no social events, no happy hours, no lunches, and drinks and snacks are only for purchase. You are expected to eat lunch alone at your desk while you work and regardless of the hours you work in a day, the last person in the office "wins." It's ironic that we are trying to sell a knowledge management and collaboration software while there is very little internal collaboration and the thought of managing our internal knowledge is a joke. For the love of God, do not work at BroadVision!