Edgio Reviews

2.6

17% would recommend to a friend

(149 total reviews)
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Todd Hinders

22% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Edgio has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Edgio employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
10 Sept 2023

The corporate circus of Edgio

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Pros

By joining Edgio you're not just joining a company; you're enlisting for a front-row seat in a masterclass of corporate mayhem and absurdity, where the daily teeters between a frenzied circus and an avant-garde theatre of the corporate surreal.

Cons

In the corporate circus of Edgio, CEO Bob grandstands as the ringmaster of denial, effortlessly juggling a repertoire of blame and excuses instead of exhibiting ownership and fostering any visionary path forward. Teaming up in this epic spectacle is Ajay the non-technical CTO, former CEO of Layer0, a wantrepreneur illusionist who fooled Bob into acquiring a product that's more catastrophic comedy than a marvel of modern tech. Edgio’s platform is the grotesque reincarnation of Layer0, Limelight, and Edgecast, a true masterpiece of malfunction, and a beacon of bad user experience, It scales as gracefully as a brick in flight, guzzling more in cloud infrastructure costs than it could ever hope to earn in revenue, marking it not just a technical failure but a financial fiasco of epic proportions. This tech tragedy, now a cornerstone of Edgio Inc., stands as a monument to Bob’s misguided leadership and his art of turning potential into a punchline. Adding to this chaotic carnival, a motley crew of unqualified VPs and directors—each spectacularly unfit to lead, yet catapulted into the ‘limelight’ of power post-Layer0 acquisition, embark on frantic sprees of directionless navigation, power-grabbing escapades, and micromanagement theatrics that defy all logic and strategy. Where absurdity knows no bounds, these newfound 'leaders' have plunged Edgio headlong into chaos, transforming every meeting into an unparalleled farce, rivaling the grandest Enron-esque tragicomedies of the corporate stage. Their endgame remains as elusive as their sense of direction, leaving astonished employees and stakeholders in suspense for the next inevitable act in this grandiose saga of epic mismanagement. In the midst of this pandemonium, the company flounders with two competing CRMs, Salesforce and Hubspot, standing as towering monuments to disorganization and inefficiency. Paradoxically, neither system is configured nor adept at tracking vital information, creating a data wasteland where insight and strategy should reside, epitomizing the chaotic lack of foresight that permeates every facet of the enterprise. As Edgio now pirouettes on the brink of being delisted from the NASDAQ, their beleaguered investors gear up to lead a securities fraud class action lawsuit, turning the inevitable spotlight on Edgio’s performance that's sure to make headlines. Brace yourselves, as this rudderless ship of fools promises a masterclass in the theater of corporate failure, leaving spectators torn between laughter and tears at the sheer absurdity of it all.

1.0
1 Apr 2023

I don't believe anymore

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Pros

There are a lot of smart, good people here. You will certainly learn a lot if you have the gumption. You won't get your hands held, but if you have questions, people will help. 100% remote if that's your jam. If you prefer the office, this is actually a con because there are none to go to.

Cons

All that was good at the predecessor company (Limelight Networks) was swept away. CEO has barely contained contempt for most of the people who were with Limelight originally. There was a LOT wrong at Limelight, to be sure, but we never got a "notice of delisting" when it was LLNW, either. CEO has been in place over 2 years and blaming the old management (and I'm not defending them, they were not great either) is wearing thin. Tells us in all-hands "work smarter not harder" then whines how he's working 18-hour days to "save the company" in the next one. It was all I could do not to say "you should work smarter, not harder" in reply to that. And recruiters and HR people posting here frankly don't know. No recruiter here has celebrated their 2 year anniversary yet and only one of them have even been here for a full year. And now 360 reviews are coming. What's next, stack ranking? Frankly, my heart is broken to see what this place has become. It used to be something really wonderful. Problems galore, but we at least felt like we're all pulling together. I don't even know what direction to pull in now.

1.0
5 Dec 2022

Stay Away

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Pros

- Lots of upward potential - Salary

Cons

- Management is so far disconnected that they don't know what is happening - Way to many CRM's and nobody uses any of it to track information, its death by excel - The product is lacking depth and has a hard time scaling. Nobody knows what we do, ESPECIALLY internally - The merger has crushed any brand name and managements idea to fix that is provide free AirPods in exchange for a meeting. - When you are tasked with something to do in a shared format, even after it's done people will ask for a write up summary, several times. They don't read or follow through with anything they ask their employees to do. - The Layer0 team is VERY reactive and can't get out of their own way internally to make the product successful. - Not all customers are even flagged as customers in the multiple CRM's, so sometimes it'sitsa guessing game as to what information in the CRM is accurate or not.

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