G5 Reviews

• Tout flexibility and work-life balance, but there is definitely an 8:00 am-5:00 pm "be in the office" mentality. o Even when schools were closed for 4 days due to snow, the CEO said to the whole company, “If you can’t make it to work and find care for your kids on snow days, you probably shouldn’t live in Bend.” • Low pay. They don't offer equity in the company any longer and never adjusted salaries to account for that. They pay roughly 20%-40% below market. • Competition caught up and costs less. Product is becoming a commodity and customers are churning. • Burnt out CEO. It's a 15 year old "startup" that has plateaued and Dan Hobin can't wait to sell it (but no one will buy it). • Out of touch executive team. The VP's and C-Level spend all their time re-orging rather than fixing the product or delivering on any of the features/ functionality they've promised customers. • Executive churn. In the last few months the COO and CPO left. In 2018 their female CFO left after only a few months. (Read between the lines). • Bad apples ruining the whole bunch. Cliché metaphor, but appropriate. There are a few “top performers” there who should be cut. • Inexperienced management tasked with challenging situations (high employee churn, low budgets/ no raises for team members, budget cuts, re-orgs, constant customer escalations due to product failures).

If you're serious about your career or your personal dignity, work for a different company. I've seen this company fail its employees, its clients and its own products. G5 is run by investors, and is now eliminating leadership positions, firing people who have dedicated themselves to the company for many years, as well as leaders who relocated across the country to work here, at the same time as hiring new people. Communication is non-existent, there are no clear goals (except to cash out the investors and executive team in three years), the exec team is extremely dysfunctional, and the product has fundamental flaws that are not seen as important. The product is broken and absolutely embarrassing. The company promotes its "culture" and values but it is a fake front. Just because it's an open office doesn't mean it's culture. There are no valuable "perks," no benefits for dependents. I have witnessed direct disrespect at every level, towards current employees, previous employees and clients. Executives smirk at and dismiss valid exit interviews by ex-employees. The feedback from employees isn't even considered. You graduated high school for a reason. If you don't want to go back, don't come to G5. This is not worth getting stuck in. Please read and re-read all the reviews here on Glassdoor. Don't believe the fake positive ones they're writing for damage control, and using to lure in young people to fill the entry-level positions. If you are someone with morals, please think twice. If you value your personal career, ethics, or want to learn skills you may actually use, go elsewhere. If you're a high-level person who has built a career from your own success and you're considering taking a position here, don't move to Bend for this company or think that you can make a difference, or that your intelligence will be utilized. The wages are insulting, not nearly enough to pay for Bend's inflated housing. The infrastructure is failing in this city, there are no rentals, and the city is just as deceptive as G5. Don't change your life for this place. It's demoralizing and insulting to your career. Good luck and make a wise choice. I'm a current employee, but I'm leaving soon, and very thankful to get out.