Used to be a great company, now losing its way - Anonymous employee Gloat Employee Review

2.0
7 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company started with a genuinely strong and original idea, and for a long time the execution was impressive. The technology was ahead of its time and there are still many smart, capable, and dedicated people working there. At its best, it felt like the company was building something meaningful and differentiated.

Cons

The biggest problem is the inability to create anything truly new. Staying in the same space could have been fine if the company kept improving the product and leading the category, but instead it feels like neither is happening. Core issues are not really being fixed, and recent “innovation” often feels more like chasing buzzwords than building something customers truly need. The company also seems to struggle to sell effectively, and the result has been repeated layoffs and constant instability.

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5.0
6 Dec 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Gloat has really strong product leadership and vision and is doing some of the most genuinely innovative work in the space.

Cons

Resources always constrained, like in any startup environment. Extreme ownership and hustle is the default here. Not for everyone.

1.0
31 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Product fit for many large org's

Cons

Leadership does not trust sales rep's, many employees monitoring tools in place. All discovery calls and demo's recorded in Gong, then analyzed and heavily criticized in follow up emails by leadership. Rep's required to conduct their own demo's, no SC support. Customers are not renewing and many ongoing implementations have issues supporting go-live. Reps are losing to prospects current tech stack vs. adding a new vendor. Just this month laid off 20% of workforce, completely unannounced. Very low moral. Lastly, if you are considering a position with Gloat, should they ever be able to hire again, be diligent and reach out to current and past sales to get an honest opinion of a day in the life here. Any/all positive reviews are posted by current leadership to pad the reviews.

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