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The Buddy Group

Is this your company?

Shut the door & try again! - Anonymous employee The Buddy Group Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A few talented people and... Well- they have a few talented people (at least until they leave).

Cons

The senior management staff here is abysmal. Seriously- they have no clue what they are doing & change directions in their style & message every few months (or sometimes minute by minute). Lack of leadership, lack of talent, lack of respect, lack of professionalism & lack of integrity about sum this all up. Probably one of the most unprofessional places you will ever walk into. If you are missing high school with all the drama between the cheerleaders & the nerds & really could care less about your actual career & just want to collect a check for playing ping pong all day...this place is for you. The place looks like a college dorm room...only worse. Like a college dorm room with all donated furniture & a tacky camping theme carried out to nausea throughout. We get it...it's a camp. The clients are treated like a nuisance & are promised things that have no realistic way of getting done. They over promise & under deliver on many projects. Thus- have a difficult time retaining & growing clientele. They use a skeleton crew, that works night & day to try to deliver.. albeit with a product full of bugs & glitches (due mostly to rushed time frames & lack of testing). Their CEO is a personable, nice & actually pretty smart guy. However, he is too busy playing golf, shutting his eyes & ignoring the incompetent hands that he is leaving his company in. Sorry to be harsh but it's true.

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5.0
Sep 10, 2020
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Pros

Great people. Great clients. Miles of opportunity. Senior management is empathic. They listen to and value smart thinking, hard work and creative risk taking. They are reasonable to deal with and have such a strong culture of respect and community. They are growing.

Cons

Communication across the board could improve.

2.0
Aug 2, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent environment, great people to work with, free snacks?

Cons

Your ideas don't matter. Come up with great ideas, pitch them to the executives, they don't like them. If you leave the company, they'll take your name off the ideas, re-pitch them to the clients, and take credit when the client loves them. Over-promising leads to difficult timelines that are impossible to complete on time. A simple website may take years to build, seriously. They bleed their clients dry at outrageous hourly rates until that client discontinues service. They have no concerns about a renewal, just get as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, and discontinue the partnership. Their care for their employees is terrible. They run a revolving door. If you don't want to do the work at the amount they are willing to pay you, they'll bring someone else in, no matter how long you've worked there. I'd guess 20% of their team is in and out of the company every year. They honestly don't care about their employees, just their pocketbooks.

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