Deal with the devil - Anonymous employee AWeber Employee Review

1.0
1 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice office even if it is in the middle of nowhere. Casual dress code. Amazing food. Mostly cool people. Actually, one of the most talented groups of people I have ever met. Everyone is an artist, musician, photographer, etc. The customer service team is amazing. Do not envy them at all. Despite being awesome they don't seem to get treated very well. They are sort of exiled to their own part of the building.

Cons

It is easy to get drawn into the company with the beautiful office, free lunches and silicon valley appearance. However, after a few months it becomes pretty obvious why there are so many negative reviews. I typically shy away from Glassdoor reviews but reading them now it is amazing how accurate some of them are. Especially the older ones. As others have mentioned, during meetings the HR team pleads with people to write positive reviews. This always felt a bit dirty to me. Feel like reviews should come organically and not from people begging you to do it. They are probably begging people because of the crazy high turn over rate. I was warned about this by the recruiter before starting but wasn't prepared for 90% of the people I work closely with leaving in the span of a few weeks. That isn't an exaggeration either sadly. There is a massive amount of tech debt that they don't really mention during the interview process. You really only get exposed to it after getting hired on. Had a very contentious relationship with some of the management. They are often very abrasive and often make poor moral decisions. There is a history of mass firings which leads to some people often worrying about their jobs. Again, I'd read some of the older reviews as they are fairly accurate in this case.

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Cons

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Pros

AWeber is a great company to work for, and consistently has been for many years. While being at AWeber, you get to work with awesome technologies and serve really cool customers. The team dynamic at AWeber is top tier, and communication between team members is ever present. There is always information sharing, internal documentation to reference, and avenues to learn/stay in the know. This commitment to public facing communication allows team members to know what's upcoming, know what's expected of them, ask questions, posit suggestions/ideas, and appropriately prepare and plan. At AWeber, everyone has a voice, and their voice matters. Being at the company each day feels less like a job and more of an opportunity to accomplish something great.

Cons

At the company, we all actively work to make AWeber better for today, tomorrow, and the future. If you are someone who prefers to silo information and hide from your team, working at AWeber would likely not be a good fit for you.

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