Seems like it was a great place to work at one point... Not anymore. - Anonymous employee Onbe Employee Review

2.0
Apr 22, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• Open time off • Free lunch when in-office

Cons

If you're considering working here, think twice. I’ve witnessed firsthand how mismanagement, lack of strategic vision, and a toxic culture have driven this company downhill. • Technology Mismanagement: Critical IT operations have been outsourced to contractors and MSPs, leading to constant inefficiencies, wasted spending, and neglected systems. Instead of investing in internal expertise, leadership continues to ignore systemic failures while throwing money at temporary fixes. • Absurd Career Growth Model: Career development is nonexistent. Instead of providing meaningful paths forward, employees are overloaded with pointless "assignments" in the name of professional growth. The leadership training? Nothing more than tactics designed to exploit employees, keeping them grinding with no real reward. • Dysfunctional Organizational Structure: Teams operate in isolated silos, hoarding knowledge rather than collaborating. Unnecessary departments—like a Procurement team for a company this size?—exist seemingly without purpose, yet essential tech resources remain ignored. • Chaotic Leadership Failures: Instead of hiring adequate support, leadership chooses to bring in another VP to "drive innovation"—who takes credit for work already in progress while offering no tangible solutions. • Compensation Below Market: Salaries are well below industry standards despite claims of competitive benchmarking. Retention is clearly not a priority, with leadership more focused on hiring new employees than keeping experienced staff. • HR Overreach & Employee Manipulation: The so-called People Team functions as a tool for weeding out employees rather than supporting them. Managers are pressured to “coach people out” rather than encourage real development. • Toxic Work Culture & RTO Disaster: The shift to Return-to-Office (RTO) has been a massive waste of time and resources. Employees sit at tiny desks, attending meetings with people in the same room, creating constant echo issues on calls. The company should abandon this approach in favor of flexible collaboration spaces. • High Turnover & Leadership Instability: After massive leadership changes, the once-positive culture completely collapsed. DEI efforts, employee support, and an open forum for voicing concerns? Gone. Senior management is now filled with incompetence, passing blame to employees rather than taking responsibility. Final Verdict? Stay Away. This company might have had promise once, but that time has passed. Toxic leadership, constant layoffs, ignored system failures, and lack of true career development have created an environment where no one wants to stay. If you're considering working here—run in the opposite direction.

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Onbe Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback — we recognize it takes courage to speak up, and we take your concerns seriously. We want to clarify a few key points you raised. While we do partner with external vendors to support IT operations, this is a strategic choice meant to complement (not replace) our internal capabilities, and we are continuing to invest in building strong in-house expertise. Our career development framework includes defined career paths for both individual contributors and people managers, with competencies reviewed annually to support meaningful progression. Onbe's leadership training is intended to build skills and confidence, not to burden employees — and we welcome input on how to make it more impactful. We hear your concerns about collaboration and organizational structure. We’re actively working to reduce silos, clarify team roles, and ensure every function is aligned with business needs. Regarding compensation, we regularly benchmark against market data to stay competitive and are committed to ongoing transparency and fairness in our pay practices. We’re concerned to hear your perception of our People Team. Their mission is to support, develop, and retain talent — not to “coach people out.” If that hasn’t been your experience, we want to understand why and address it directly. Similarly, we are refining our RTO approach based on team feedback to create more meaningful, flexible collaboration spaces. We appreciate your continued contributions to Onbe and want to ensure your voice is part of our ongoing improvement. Please consider connecting with your People Partner or a senior leader to continue the conversation — we’re listening and committed to doing better.

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5.0
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2 video call interviews, straightforward and simple process

Cons

None really just be ready to explain your experience in detail.

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Thank you for your feedback — we’re glad to hear you found the interview process clear and straightforward. We appreciate you highlighting the importance of sharing detailed experiences and wish you continued success in your career with Onbe. We're glad you're here!
1.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

There are some good people at this company. Hybrid 2 days in the office if you live near the office, but can work fully remote if you’re not near an office. Also, free lunch when in the office.

Cons

A once great company has turned into something I don’t recognize anymore. They’ve let go long many tenured employees that have made employees scared of losing their jobs. Great talent eventually leave once they see how awful the Leadership is and how unorganized this company is. They make drastic changes for the sake of change. They are scared of clients and do not back their employees. The CEO seems clueless to what’s going on within the company. Leadership hire friends for other leadership roles and they are not trained on processes or how things work. Teams are not aligned, people are unprofessional, it’s very chaotic, there’s too many chefs in the kitchen, and leadership waste time with useless meetings that take you away from your work. We seem to have many job openings that look great but trust me, it’s not worth it. I’ve had many people ask me about Onbe because they are thinking of applying and I tell them not to. So please don’t waste your time. Most people here are actively looking for new jobs.

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