I've never worked for a better company - Bookkeeper Host Pond Employee Review

5.0
22 Sept 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I love working for a company that sees me as a person first and an employee second. I've never had better support from an employer when things in my life interfere with work. Rich always listens to what I have to say about how we do business and takes my suggestions seriously. He trusts me to do my job, and even when I screw up he's never a jerk about telling me what I've done wrong. I truly enjoy the company of all my fellow employees. It's great to work for a company that is truly out to help people get what they need at a reasonable price. As the bookkeeper, I have several times recommended raising our prices when our third-party expenses have gone up, and he has refused, even when our margin is 1%. Four three years now, we have donated time, money and server space every semester to dozens of community college students who are learning to build websites. I've never worked anywhere as happily as I've working at Host Pond.

Cons

Being such a small company (four employees, only the owner full-time), they don't offer benefits like the bigger companies.

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5.0
22 Sept 2016
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Pros

Host Pond offers unparalleled customer service to local hosting clients. I not only work here but encourage my private clients to host here as well. Keeping hosting business local at the same time as getting website support from someone who cares and knows the community -- it is a win-win for me as an employee and Portlander.

Cons

We just need to get the word out so people know there are alternatives to mega-hosting companies that overload their servers and don't offer true customer service.

3.0
25 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

While at HostPond I felt like my ideas and contributions for implementing new technologies were highly considered, and often adopted. Great personal feel.

Cons

The clients are all very small businesses, without much tech savy or budgets. This is by design, and a business intention, as the company is geared towards profit from longterm budget web hosting. But it doesn't leave room for stunning web development work.

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