Toxic mgmt / Spend-thrifts / Sinking ship - Sales Bambuser Employee Review

1.0
24 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent with smoke and mirrors marketing/PR

Cons

Present themselves as bigger and better than they are Inexperienced mgmt team Passive-aggressive mgmt style. Bully tactics Very little investment in tech expansion Events (client-facing or internal) are done on a shoe-string budget Invested poorly in "client events" (ie: $500k for a one-day event with approximately 50 clients attending and ZERO return on investment) The constant fear of being laid off Very little support for clients: prefer the "set it & forget it" mentality High churn rate due to little to no client support

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Bambuser Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share this. We recognize that many of the topics you describe around financial management, leadership stability, and client support have been challenges during a time where we navigated transition post-hypergrowth. Since then, we've made changes to our management team, and have made operational excellence (including the way we spend) and customer success our top priorities for stability & sustainable growth going forward.

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Pros

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