Incompetent Management, No Leadership - Avis employé Web Developer Booj

1,0
17 oct. 2016
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Avantages

All-in-all, booj produces a decent product. Sure, the software is extremely buggy and will frustrate any developer, but clients tent to get what they need. Also, there are nice benefits, for those in the in-club, like flexible work hours.

Inconvénients

Booj is a classic example of entrepreneurs building a successful business on the backs of young, inexperienced and under-paid employees. The situation can be best understood by this fact: In the three months I worked there, of the 68 employees, 6 were fired and 3 quit. That's 13% of the company's work-force gone in three months! The problem is that booj has no leadership. Technically, it is "lead" by two owners who are very involved in the day-to-day, but never provide corporate direction or vision to any of the employees. For example, in my three months there I never heard the owners talk at company meetings nor send communication to the staff. Six of the 68 employees were fired, but still no communication from the owners. Despite this, the owners have not appointed any other official leadership that employees can realistically look to. When I started, I asked three people if they were technically my boss, and all said no. I technically reported to no one! But, when it came time for them to need work from me, they suddenly became my quasi boss. As it turns out, I had more than 8 people demanding work from me. And this wasn't simply colleagues I worked with, these were people that, if I didn't perform the work they requested when they wanted it, would complain to ownership. Imagine having 8 people to simultaneously please. Of course, no one can please 8 bosses for long, and this is why booj fires employees, without warning, constantly. The person that released me from the company :), actually asked me to lead a multi-month project less than 4 days before. One week you are receiving praise from your "boss", the next they are firing you. The only way to make it at booj is to kiss-up to ownership and the quasi leadership. This is why, for example, the "lead developer" in my department was the second-least experienced developer. Understand this before you consider a job at booj.

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5,0
3 août 2023
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Avantages

Work life balance and flexibility

Inconvénients

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3,0
10 juil. 2014
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Avantages

Booj is a really fun place to work. You can bring your dog if you have one. There are a lot of good, friendly, active people that work there. You can do whatever you want. This is good and bad. Sometimes it's good, but it can also be irritating to work with people who are stoned all day, including managers. Fun games such as table tennis, pool, foosball etc. Good place to work if you are just out of college and have few expenses, or if you are a marijuana enthusiast.

Inconvénients

They seem to get rid of some good people, but will gladly keep others who are incompetent. There isn't much of an organizational structure, though there's a lot of talk about reorganization often (this can be good and bad). While there are some really great people, management seem oblivious to certain things, like the extremely low pay. They talk very proudly of the awards that they've won, they seem to think that it's a privilege to work at Booj, but they show a lot of favoritism and don't seem to mind that they pay far below market average. The biggest problem is definitely salary. A game room does not pay the bills. The company could hire much more qualified people, and improve the products drastically, if they were willing to pay an average salary (28k per year for a Project Manager is simply embarrassing). Managers are just those who have been there a long time (whether qualified or not).

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Réponse de Booj
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As a young, growing company, we indeed struggle to pay the kind of wages that the Googles, Facebooks and other large technology companies are able to pay and who often set the industry average. There are no hidden facts; the wage and the first year's increments are agreed before any applicant accepts the job. All employees are encouraged to carve their own career path, and those who take initiative are often promoted. We often hire for junior positions and cultivate successful individuals to higher roles with more responsibility and higher pay. ` We continue to invest in our company culture and internal processes in order to provide an environment that our employees take pride in and want to be a part of. I hope you find something that fulfills your requirements better and I am sorry that we were not the ideal fit.
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