Blis Reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(96 total reviews)

Gregor Isbister

90% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Blis has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 96 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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96 reviews
1.0
2 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote working Great if you haven't learnt anything since 2000.

Cons

This has been one of the worst companies I've ever worked for. The problems are many and the benefits are few. As a developer in the engineering team at Blis, you would be mistaken in thinking that engineering is a term used to define a process in which skilled individuals engineer a system for high performance, fault tolerance, and any other adjectives you want to throw at a well designed system. You may even use the term to describe the process in which software is built using the best practices in the industry in relation to testing, CI/CD, development workflow, tooling, and maybe it even extends to the code you write. However at Blis, none of that takes a front seat. In fact, it's called a distraction. Why spend so much time on any of this when you can be writing code which delivers feature after feature? Don't worry about the fact that an issue can be undiscovered for months at a time which actually costs the business money, just make sure you don't spend that extra hour or so creating tests so that you can catch that problem early. Who needs that certainty of the software that you build? Certainly not Blis. If you are at the end of your career or you just want to write code, then fine, you shall take all responsibility for your misguided career choice. If, on the other hand, you are actually a respected developer who takes pride in their work, stay far away as possible. Blis is like a car on the motorway travelling at 70mph and whilst driving, they snip the brake lines, remove the airbags, cut off the seat belts, destroy the speedometer, and open the fuel cap and tempt fate with a lighter; nothing might not actually happen, but should they ride their luck too long, it's going to blow up like bonfire night.

1.0
30 Jun 2020

Unethical and toxic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive salary, free breakfast and early finishes on Fridays

Cons

Blis was an extremely toxic place to work and with no-one to talk to for support or guidance as the HR team lacked empathy. There was a lot of racial and gender discrimination in the form of office 'banter'. The other reviews mentioning it was a 'boys club' is accurate. Management were distrusting of their employees and showed clear favoritism to those who brought the most sales in. The structure of the company felt like school - senior staff would condescend and punish mid-junior level staff in often humiliating ways. Most of the staff there were unhappy, exhausted and demotivated. Too much focus on making money through unethical and misleading ways and not enough time focused on the well-being of staff and cultivation of a trusting and safe environment.

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Blis Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback and I am sorry you have a negative outlook on your time at Blis. I head up the Global People team here at Blis and I can confidently say that the culture you describe is not one that I recognise in any of our teams. The People Partners within my own team work hard to regularly connect with all levels of employee through proactive engagement and an open door policy. We also offer a number of external support and wellbeing initiatives. Additionally, our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee is a global cross functional working group who works tirelessly with our CEO to define and execute our DI&B strategy and agenda to move the needle in this critical area. I would like to offer you the opportunity to discuss your concerns in more detail so these can be investigated and addressed. If you would like to do so please reach out to us at peopleteam@blis.com.
1.0
6 Nov 2019

Awful company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are none to note

Cons

Disorganised Unethical practices across the the business Many of the Executive Team are average at best and have a very dated management style Invisible CEO New HR team are not employee friendly and rude Toxic culture Retention is shocking

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Blis Response
6y
Thanks for your feedback. I am sorry you had a negative outlook on your time at Blis. We take your feedback on-board and hope to improve any issues in the future to ensure a positive environment for all. The new HR team have had a lot of positive feedback from the business and we do not solicit reviews, or have ever asked our employees to write reviews for us. Should you wish to provide any further feedback please email us at hr@blis.com plus, we would be happy to speak to you over the phone or in person should you wish to reach out directly to us. We are always happy to hear your feedback or comments directly.
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