Supportive Workplace but Non-Competitive Compensation - Anonymous employee BambooHR Employee Review

4.0
4 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People at BambooHR are passionate about culture, and strive to make it an inclusive environment. Every manager I've worked with is caring and sincere in their concern for my well-being. Paid-paid vacation is a great bonus, and the 401k and HSA match are impressive. Company meetings happen twice a year and are a nice break from the usual day-to-day.

Cons

Even accounting for bonuses, paid-paid vacation, 401k, insurance, and HSA, BambooHR pays me much lower than another company would for my same experience and work focus. Work-life balance seems to be fading as the company has big goals for growth but not a lot of concern for the workload it's placing on employees.

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5.0
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Pros

Pleasant company atmosphere Coworkers want you to succeed

Cons

Lead gen slow at times Management/employee positions take a long time to fill

2.0
25 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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