Toxic culture and constant layoffs overshadow past strengths - Anonymous employee BambooHR Employee Review

1.0
16 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None really. Use to be pretty good but it's been a continuous slide into mediocrity.

Cons

C suite is out of touch. The entire company is banking hard on the idea AI will replace the entire company. I think the CTO's perfect company would be no employees and just 1,000 claude agents running. Manager told me in a 1-on-1 that we need to get to a point that managers can design and code features without any coding/design skills, and that we needed to get that point or we'd have even more layoffs. Oh yeah, lay offs, return to office, constant gas lighting, hostile culture, overall just a shell of what it once was.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
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Pros

BambooHR is a great place to work with outstanding people.

Cons

BambooHR is focusing heavily on AI, which can come at the expense of jobs.

2.0
25 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

At the end of my tenure, I really have no pros.

Cons

I'm pretty sure I was "quietly laid off", in the effort of sneaky downsizing without having to actually do formal layoffs. This place was a godsend and a great place to work on my small independent team, and I did great. Then they did massive restructuring, added layers of hierarchy, added process, and basically just starting running a creative team like a line of factory workers. I had a horrible time with my manager on so many different levels, and felt validation when others would reflect the same, but I reflect what everyone else says - narcissistic, micro managing leadership that I now understand play manipulation games. I was put on a performance improvement plan and finally quit due to burnout, stress, and the dissolution of a role and a team that I had from before. They constantly push for solutions and deliverables, but I never really saw anything I delivered actually get treated and implemented with respect. Company policies and siloed team policies and procedures stymie actual effectiveness, and it seems like the leadership acts as your strict grade school teacher rather than having your back.

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