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Bad management

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at BrowserStack for 6 years
March 16, 2021
Mumbai, India
1.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

None, once you join you can leave your work life balance behind.

Most of the glassdoor reviews are manufactured using new employees.

The situation is so bad, that a good percentage of employees who have been with the company through thick and thin are also leaving.

Cons

Two years ago management was good. My experience with managers was that they wanted you to grow and were open to suggestions. They used to usually resolve conflicts in a logical discussion.

However, blessed by 'bitscaling' the quality of EMs is just "sad". They just say yes to top management and push pressure at the bottom.

Some of them are full of ego of the things they built in the past, which were good but don't scale in today's world. They will drop very good ideas using pitiful excuses just to prove their crap. It is pointless, forget EM, they are not even qualified to be TLs (at least the ones I have worked with).

No matter what the team, OKRs are always decided by 1-2 people in the team, who have done zero research on how things can be solved in a better and a sustainable way.

Even after becoming a 100 million+ company, there is a stupid rule, no matter how heavy it is, just 1 person will manage the main operations, day and night.

Advice to Management

use bitscaling and all the riches you made to improve quality of life for people. have multiple ops in different slots for uptime / bandwidth heavy teams. > letting old people go, you are moving in a dangerous zone where if company goes for a downfall no one will stick with you, because everyone including new joinees understand how much company really cares for them. ? improve hiring process, middle management definitely smoke something when communicating team plans with you. - be little less greedy? don't mute the appraisal when you are making extra money. literally anyone can see through that.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
1.0
Senior Management
1.0

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