Old technology, No Leadership or Professional Experience - Anonymous employee Brighterion Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Location Location Location: I left my heart in San Francisco. But, it all starts and ends there. Working here is miserable.

Cons

The company has one main customer, who in which, is also an investor and Board Member. That customer resells the same technology to their customers, who happen to be the primary target market for Brighterion. Therefore, they compete against each other, selling the same technology solution. Brighterion, then uses all those customer logos that their primary customer/investor has sold and done business with, and puts those logos in their sales presentations and marketing material and tells new prospects that they are Brighterion customers....in Fact, they are not Brighterion customers at all. Brighterion has no relationship whatsoever with any of them. It's just plain lying. This is an 18 year old company that wants to be a start-up in the new era of A/I, but has very old technology and no professionally experienced people that have ever worked at another tech firm. Nearly all are just out of college and everybody reports to the CEO. There are no managers or Sr. Leaders, just look at the Bio page on their web site....in fact, one guy is a fake profile and doesn't even exist in the company at all. Then, look at their LinkedIn page...not a single Sr. Leader or Executive is listed because they don't exist. As the other profiles indicate, the CEO controls everything. He even orders the soda and juice in the kitchen....he can't even let that task go.

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5.0
Sep 9, 2019
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Pros

I had the privilege of working with incredibly smart people and I will be forever grateful to the founder for giving me my first job out of college during the financial crisis. Working at Brighterion allowed me to become a succesful software engineer.

Cons

None. I will let that to the people who spend their limited energy with cynisme and criticism.

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5.0
Nov 12, 2015
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Pros

I can honestly say that life at Brighterion just keeps getting better. While the work is challenging, I am grateful that I work in an environment that makes me want to push myself. Given the nature of our business, our clients expect and deserve only the best. Those who can't work at the highest level usually don't last but fortunately Brighterion hires well so you are surrounded by co-workers who challenge each other. While our work is largely under the radar (NDAs prevent us from publicly discussing clients), we work with hundreds of institutions worldwide ranging from homeland security projects to financial fraud for the world's largest banks, e-commerce, and credit card companies. This exposure allows me to apply my skillset across multiple channels. I don't think I could have gotten the experience I am getting at Brighterion had I chosen to join any of the other, much larger, Bay Area tech companies - and they provide all the same bennies - lunches, awesome healthcare, 401K and health club membership at the Embarcadero YMCA just across the street. Brighterion is at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence and machine learning and I am proud to be right there at the front lines with such an innovative and cutting edge company.

Cons

Be prepared to bring your "A" game. In all honesty, I can't think of any right now but I'll circle back later with an update if I can think of any.

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