Solid low to mid-range company to work for - Anonymous employee Bamboo Nine Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a lot of fun in the office and options to play games with colleagues if your schedule allows. Pretty steady/repetitive job role so if you know your stuff the work is manageable. Managing staff members are also willing to give you a break, so long as you know them well, when life stuff comes up. Plenty of socials if you're up for them - though all self organised and out your own pay packet. Really nice if you are a kid out of college not used to working in a business or want to learn about paid media/digital marketing. Very much a team environment with plenty of contact and communication between departments.

Cons

Low pay, no bonuses or benefits to speak of... they are also anti-remote work for the most part. Work culture is not for the squamish! Lots of swearing and noise/banter in the office, a fair bit of teasing too that is not exactly professional. Top brass like to flex their muscle with job threats and showing their wealth, bragging about holidays etc. Very cringe. Culture is alcohol fueled. Higher level staff are not really leaders in their fields either, so training is difficult. No budget for external training (or anything else really) as they like to pinch pennies everywhere. Kind of tinpot/ramshackle process-wise.

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Bamboo Nine Response
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Thank you for taking the time to review us on GD and for your feedback. We aim to always improve so feedback is welcomed. We are very surprised to hear that you feel that all socials are self funded. We have a summer and Christmas party (all paid for by the company) along with regular in-house social events. The Social Committee here may well organise extra activities outside of work, if they do, they do pay for this themselves. We are not anti WFH, most departments allow a hybrid model once a probation period has been passed. If a person with zero experience in digital marketing applies for a junior/entry level role here, then that person will have little knowledge. Therefore one on one training is required, which we deliver in-house. Budget for training is always available. To be called penny-pinching and tinpot isn’t just unfair, it’s factually untrue. We will always pay a wage that benefits the employees’ level of skill and attitude. In fact, we are self-voluntary members of https://www.livingwagebrighton.co.uk/, which would suggest we more than care about our people and salaries. The activities we are lucky enough to have in our office, such as the pool table, ping pong table, board games and darts board, allow everyone here to enjoy the office. Whilst partaking, they are welcome to enjoy the weekly fruit drop and huge range of coffees and teas. We do realise that not everyone likes to drink, and we cater to everyone. We wish you well in your digital marketing career.

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