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best job to worst - Anonymous employee BigCommerce Employee Review

2.0
4 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free Lunch, Open Vacation, job security if you are in good-old-boy club

Cons

Has gone from best place to work to the worst in a span of 2 years. Engineering management has too many large egos pretending to be humble. If you are a low level engineer with great ideas that don't fall within the broader company skill set then good luck. Your ideas will not really be considered. Free lunch for only some departments and not others?

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BigCommerce Response
10y
We embrace ideas from every engineer across our global team. One example of this is our multi-day Hackathons which we hold every 6 months. These events are not just for fun; they help steer our technology direction. Our Hackathons provide an outlet for employees to build projects from their own creativity and present them to the broader team. We’ve already incorporated multiple Hackathon projects into our roadmap, with more to come. Some examples of the technology decisions we’re making include the responsible adoption of public cloud services, decomposing our core app into independent services, and embracing the use of Open Source software. These choices will enable us to deliver better software and services with higher quality. We’re making these decisions based on experience and the context of industry best practices.

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There is a lot of new leadership breathing newness into the company. There is a rebrand on the horizon, different focuses and positioning, complimentary portfolio products, brilliant staff, new company values and more.

Cons

There has been a ton of change and while the new leadership is great, they are still getting their touch on things. This isn't all so much a con in general as it is to absorb, communicate, explain and soak in.

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BigCommerce Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback! We appreciate your input and are happy to hear you’re enjoying your experience here. If you have any further feedback to share, please feel free to email us at ta@bigcommerce.com or reach out to your HRBP.
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Pros

- BC hires great people - Is finally focusing on the product and its ideal customer rather than trying to be a product that it isn't. - Supportive culture - Good work life balance - Senior and Director leadership is caring and supportive - Really positive outlook for the product

Cons

- Has cut 10% of staff every year for the last 3 years and last year they cut most of their top performers that brought in the most revenue - No 401k match (although they may now) - Lower pay than most tech companies for the same roles - Either BC has the right people in place or they have the right direction to work in with the right leadership but never both - If you are remote, you aren't invited to the office much even for kick offs or planning. So you will feel a bit secluded. - Not much room for career growth as they keep cutting people

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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback! We appreciate your input and are happy to hear you enjoyed your experience here. If you have any further feedback to share please feel free to email us at ta@bigcommerce.com.
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