This was really hard for me to write - Sales SendBird Employee Review

2.0
23 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The engineering team at SendBird is awesome. They are some of the smartest people I have ever worked with and because of that this product is the best in market.

Cons

Sales Managment - The sales team is run by mormons. I bring this up because if you are uncomfortable talking about religion in the workplace. You shouldn't join this company. Also, members of sales leadership have multiple documented racist, (yes racist), violations. And the violations aren't specific to one race. Work/Life Balance? - Definitely does not exist. They say they give 2 WFH days per month, BUT the hoops you have to go through in order to get those approved are pretty insane. Book it on your calendar, book it on your managers calendar and he can say yes or no to this. Most of the time it's 'no' so be warned. I guess I can sum this up by saying there is a lot of micromanaging at SendBird. Benefits - Awful. They have continued to make broken promises saying they will get better benefits as well as a 401k. At first the ‘HR department ‘said "change is coming in June" then when open enrollment came around everyone was confused because all the benefits remained the same and there was no change. The ‘HR department’ said "oh sorry, you have a week to enroll and we arent changing benefits until 2020". No clear career path - You can work there for years and still be stuck in the same job. 1 person has been promoted in the US organization and that wasnt because SendBird willfully offered it to this person, its because this person demanded it or they were quitting.

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5.0
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Pros

We are super supported to upskill with AI. There is a ton of buzz and everyone moves fast and helps each other out. Great benefits, smart and engaged teammates, and lots of fun engagement each week.

Cons

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1.0
31 Mar 2026
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Pros

Most of the people who remain are genuinely smart, capable, and great to work with

Cons

Depleted product team - a high majority of the team left over a 4 month span No sales pipeline and empty marketing funnel Upper management will seek help with projects only to put the blame on you so they can terminate you Broken processes everywhere - no type of transition to cover those who have departed over the years Inner circle - most people are not part of the club. You’ll get blamed for their mistakes. AI productivity measurement - we are asked to use AI tools and are measured based on our token usage. Nothing else matters except how much we use AI. Not sales, not pipeline, only how much can we seek to replace our own jobs Lack of job security - veterans of many years were terminated with no transition. Promises of them being replaced with more capable and skilled leaders were all lies.

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