Only good if you are on the engineering/tech side - Anonymous employee BookJane Employee Review

2.0
7 Mar 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. Genuinely a great product/overall solution that many people can benefit from 2. Tech side gets tons of exposure in terms of projects and responsibilities 3. Pay is at a good level 4. Lots of career advancement opportunities

Cons

I get the impression that the market sizing and needs analysis, in the beginning, is not conducted as thoroughly as it should've been. There is a lot of unrealistic expectations in terms of the ACTUAL addressable market and growth potential. This makes generating sales and leads through marketing especially difficult. If you are not on the tech side, get ready for a real challenge. If you can get the company to achieve its sales objectives you are something special. The current market makes it incredibly hard to be successful in marketing/sales. If you are in a management role under those departments, those weekly leadership meetings are "roast" sessions as to why you haven't achieved anything yet.

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BookJane Response
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Hi there, Thank you. All feedback is appreciated, especially ones that are as detailed as yours. We are reviewing internally and will look to make improvements where we can. As you did put a lot of thought into your feedback, I do want to address some of the comments and elaborate as necessary. Setting sales targets and expectations is hard. As you have noted, our solution can benefit many people and believe most healthcare facilities throughout Canada. This has been validated by existing customers and many associations representing most senior living facilities in Ontario, BC and Alberta. This is a pretty significant addressable market. Unfortunately, since early 2020, In spite of our best efforts to demonstrate the benefits of our solution, all healthcare facilities have had to focus on the day-to-day challenges of the pandemic. We are now starting to see more organizations adopt technologies like ours to help with their labour challenges going forward, but it will take time. Saying that, we will make sure that we balance expectations of growth and the realities of the current market conditions. In regards to our prioritization of technology, we are a technology company and we have worked hard to create a unique solution in the healthcare space. We will always need to focus on technology, but with our expanding customer base, we are investing more and more in our sales and our customer success teams. As a matter of fact, we have many sales and customer success opportunities available. I also want to comment on our town halls. Our team has doubled in size over the last 12 months with all new hires and onboarding done virtually. With everyone working from home, town halls are crucial for us to share our progress and provide an opportunity for all to ask questions and share thoughts. I do believe it is important for us to be aligned on our values, goals and objectives, but I do appreciate the feedback and will look to ensure alignment by other means. Thank you, Curtis Khan, CEO and Founder

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