Misogyny and religious narcissism abound - Email Marketing Manager Blue Fire Leads Employee Review

1.0
12 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

coworkers -- the folks i worked with truly wanted to do good marketing and earn a living.

Cons

you won't find a single female leader in the marketing department. i (a female) was given a "team" of individuals to help create content though was never promoted, rewarded for leading a team, or given any real authority. the CEO would complain weekly about why i was letting these folks do "my" work, even though the direction to utilize a team in building out content was given to me by a leader. i was fired the day after trying to move a meeting to accommodate a medical appointment i had. the CEO directly insisted that we keep the meeting at its normal time and demanded that i request PTO and have it approved by my manager for the appointment, which was not the policy. i was fired in a 3 minute teams call. the reason cited for me being fired was that someone at the partnered agency "had issues working with me", though i was never told about these issues nor given a chance to reconcile. as other reviews state, the owners have no idea what real marketing is. this place is where your career will go to die. oh, and another leader in the people ops space once told me i should be more likable. also, on a company meeting, the president once told the entire department (20+ individuals) on an all-hands meeting that they should take their childhood trauma, turn it into a feather, and blow it away. just to give you an insight into what kind of bubble the stakeholders of this company live in. the owners of the company change directions weekly. once i created 3-4 entire new brands for whitelabeling and built out about 90 pages of landing page content, and was encouraged to do so. about a month later they were all deleted. you will work hard on something only to have it deleted, never used, or have someone else take over. the director of marketing is the best to work with, truly never had an issue with him at all and he treats everyone like a human being first. unfortunately, his hands are tied by deeply misogynistic, religiously narcissistic individuals, and your days are numbered here should you ever speak up for yourself, make requests or state your boundaries and preferences.

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Blue Fire Leads Response
1y
We strive to make our company a place where employees have the flexibility to learn, contribute, balance work and life and build a career if they desire. Contrary to this employee's comments, we work hard to make sure our employees have the support, resources and environment to succeed. Fully remote companies like BFL have a continual challenge to keep communication as clear and effective as possible. Sometimes, communication breakdowns and misunderstandings occur, but we strive to clear up misconceptions to alleviate concerns. Lead generation is a constantly changing landscape impacted by regulations, economy, client and consumer practices, etc. and scaling operations across the country. We have been fortunate to experience tremendous success the past 2 years since our decision to move fully remote and despite the challenges inherent with a fully distributed rapidly growing company, we continually work on improving our employee experience, opportunities, talent and culture. We encourage all of our employees to talk with a manager, HR or even the executive team if they have concerns or frustrations with our open-door communications and accessibility.

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-Remote work flexibility -Parent Company -People -Challenging work -Rewarding work -Culture -Teamwork and Transparency -Open PTO -401K and Health, Vision, Dental benefits -Generous paid holidays -Leadership and management -Great place to learn new skills and grow existing skills -Supportive leadership -Company events and recognition -Pay isn't leading, but is competitive generally

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Blue Fire Leads Response
11mo
Thanks for your review! We are always trying to improve and get better. Thanks for being a part of our team.
3.0
10 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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