Save yourself! Avoid! - Anonymous employee Smartsheet Employee Review

1.0
26 Apr 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-RSUs (that is, until the price of the stock has been dipping as of late) that's really it

Cons

-toxic work cultures in several departments perpetuated by their leadership who are bullies and run off of fear, namely sales and support. it's known widely but there seems to be nothing that can be done about it. -leadership is predominantly white and male. -the DEI director is quitting after only being with SMAR for less than a year - let that speak for itself. SMAR does not have a true commitment to diversity and inclusion and would rather pay lipservice to their "attempt" at doing so. -there is no space for upwards mobility. when asking leadership for this, you are told you need to "forge your own path" despite what HR will promise you during your interview/onboarding. -when asked for compassion/understanding for deadlines when our team was understaffed by several positions, you will instead be met by formal write-ups and documentation of your "under performance" and "not supportive" attitude. -high turn over rates -several roles across departments are undervalued and underpaid what is market rate -work/life balance is non-existent and the pressure is high to maintain good standing with KPIs.

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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
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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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