I really like working here - Software Engineer Smartsheet Employee Review

5.0
18 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Culture: Lots of people with kids/families work here. I personally don't have any, but I like that there is a humane feel to this place because people have a life outside of coding. 2. Collaboration. Everyone is willing to help with everything. 3. Interview process for me personally was also very humane. I still had to do the all-day loops and such, but people were relaxed, and didn't throw a bunch of acronyms at me that you can only know if you worked there. 3. Interesting problems, so much Java. To me, that's a huge plus. 4. "Unlimited" sick days. I didn't test this to see if it's really unlimited. 5. Because people are mostly dope, you can make friends if that's your thing. 6. Principal engineer on my team totally doesn't have to, but always takes an extra effort to mentor me. It makes me wanna work here forever !

Cons

Free bagels on Fridays. I don't like bagels. HORRIBLE Bellevue commute, but that's not the company's fault. While the 550 is slowly crawling out of Bellevue, gives you lots of time to question your life choices, like working in Bellevue and living in Seattle. So you wanna pack it in and quit, but where else would you find a team where you actually like to see everyone every day?!

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5.0
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Pros

Great collaborative environment and competitive

Cons

Easily overwhelmed with phone calls, chats, and emails.

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Smartsheet Response
2w
We're so happy to hear that you're happy here! Collaboration with a healthy dose of competition is always great to hear, thank you for your review!
1.0
26 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Supportive of AI tooling. I had a great manager. I heard the severance packages are great, but I left of my own volition, so I don’t have personal experience.

Cons

Complete lack of direction or management at the mid to high levels of the company in product and engineering (most everyone left or was pushed out by cronyism from the private equity acquisition). No more equity offered to employees. No opportunities for promotion. They’ve shipped or are shipping most of the core products (including the core “sheet” aka Grid app) to India and have laid off tons of employees (somewhere between 12% and 15% of the company). Upper management did the thing where they had the US developers interview tons of people out of India, and then about half a year later laid off tons US developers, including several of the people that did the interviews. Upper management said that the India teams would be working on other projects, but clearly that was a lie. They laid off people without consulting their managers, or their manager’s managers, and without knowing what team they actually worked on or what they did. So entire teams were laid off unbeknownst to them. Very quick and poor handoffs to India, if any. You will likely be working on multiple teams at once, or moved to multiple teams during your time there in short periods of time. On-call can be a nightmare. There is no culture of any kind. Basically do not work here, whether you’re out of the US, India, or Bulgaria (the main countries for developers).

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Smartsheet Response
3w
Thank you for your honesty. While we’re glad that you had a great team and the tools you needed, it’s incredibly tough to hear that other aspects of your experience were less than great. To your point about equity, we’d like to clarify that we do offer a limited equity pool with specific eligibility. That said, navigating transition is already tough, and adding in other aspects like global shifts and new leadership can make it feel even harder. We know the dust hasn’t completely settled, and we understand that we have a lot of work to do to repair employee trust and morale. We’ve set off on that journey, and we appreciate all of this feedback along the way. Thank you, and we wish you all the best in your next chapter.
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