I would NEVER recommend someone work at ClickUp - Anonymous employee ClickUp Employee Review

2.0
24 May 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are good people at ClickUp, as you will find anywhere. Tons of them were unnecessarily laid off yesterday in favor of hiring offshore. I was not one of them, but seeing it on LinkedIn pushed me to write this review. The pay is typically pretty good and benefits are decent.

Cons

First off, more than half of the reviews on here are falsified. I was someone on a small team (only 3 of us had the same title) and a review came out claiming to be one of us. That was the alert that a ton of them are fake. Look at the ones with all caps in the title, the ones absolutely raving about the company with no cons to name (there are cons at every company). The chief business officer (what even is that?) is not fit for leadership and the CEO knows it. He hires selfish leaders, and is really just a glorified recruiter. Unfortunately it’s nearly impossible to stay away from his org, since he runs more than 3/4 of the company. The leader of my org sat under him, and was absolutely terrible. Every interaction depended heavily on her mood, she openly disliked people who hadn’t held prestigious roles prior to joining the company, etc. The leadership in general is a toxic bunch. I sat in many meetings where they threw people under the bus openly. Promotions are few and far between. The company is chaotic. The CEO thinks he’s a genius, and only ever talks about his near-death experiences.

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5.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

Lots of opportunity to affect change. Solid product.

Cons

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2.0
18 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some smart, ambitious people who you can learn a lot from.

Cons

This place is an unstable, toxic mess, and leadership is largely to blame. The C-suite is full of egos and seems to make goals and quotas up out of thin air, then cleans up the fallout from poor planning and overhiring with layoffs. There have been three company-wide mass layoffs in less than four years, and that doesn’t even include the many layoffs that have happened quietly behind closed doors. The toxicity at the top trickles down through the entire organization. VPs put pressure on middle management, who then pass that pressure on to ICs. The company can’t seem to keep leaders in place for more than six months, which creates constant chaos and confusion. Strategies are always changing, priorities shift every few months, and nothing ever sticks long enough to make a real impact. Promotions seem to be based more on politics, favoritism, and who can make the most noise than on actual performance. The same people get promoted year after year, and many of them seem underqualified for the titles they hold. If you’re good at self-promotion and have the right relationships, you’ll probably do fine. If you’re quietly doing great work, don’t expect the same recognition. HR keeps saying they’re working on improving the promotion process, but I haven’t seen much change. If you’re considering joining the GTM org (especially the operational side) I would think twice. The new leadership loves to talk about transformation, improvements, and exciting changes, but there’s usually very little follow through behind the messaging.

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