Random firings with no reason at all, bad culture - PM- Boku Employee Review

1.0
1 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food on Tuesdays Semi work life balance

Cons

You basically always live in constant fear of being fired. Most normal companies will fire when the person is an under performer or because of gross misconduct or a large layoff. This is not the case with Boku. They will pitch hard, pay not so well, and then randomly fire even if there is no rhyme or reason. While I was there I saw several great workers who had zero reason to be let go, get fired. I also saw lots of not so great people stick around who weren't the most qualified or the best at the job. They will sell you work life balance, but really expect people to try to work 24/7 to be fired even if you do so and hide it under a "reorg" I was there for less than a year and there were 3-5 re-orgs all ending in several people being fired for absolutely no good reason (even solid top performers). And everyone there acts like it is the most normal thing in the world. There is also zero clarity from upper management and a lot of terrible business decisions that are being made. Some of which make absolutely no sense.What others say about putting fires out is true, they don't prepare and put off a lot of important decisions only to have it become a fire later. It's true they hire lots of great people, but it is too old and big to be a start up and operating as sloppily as it is. If you want a secure job, don't work here. Because one day you might wake up and randomly be fired even if you are a stellar employee. The negative reviews are accurate.

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