Was a Decent company but lately the values and culture has changed - Human Resources Professional ThoughtSpot Employee Review

2.0
25 June 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Best engineering and marketing team in industry. People work so hard in this organization, almost everyone over 10-12 hrs a day. A decent product, much better than the competitors. Great benefits, free lunch and dinner

Cons

There is no transparency , everything has been controlled and managed by few people. Bro culture and some leaders can not take criticism. Some of the departments have become very hostile and age discrimination has become so frequent. Employees have repeatedly escalated age harassment / Hostile environment complains to management and it has fallen to deaf ears. Instead people are let go. Leaders edit slack messages after they are caught lying. Some the statements made by leaders.. "At this age you are an individual contributor? You have not made any mark?" "I can replace and fire you in a day" "Some of the engineers order too much of food because they come from poor country like India" If you report any concerns/complaints to management either in person or by officevibe, the employee is let go. Executives in engineering, sales and finance have left, Resignations and firing has become frequent. CEO is just a mediocre, overrated.

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5.0
24 Apr 2026
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Pros

Company going through hyper growth. Ability to change with market conditions. Company is building a culture based on values, commitment to success and it's employees. -Free lunch in office!!

Cons

As with any startup, there is a lot to do!! However, we have challenging and exciting opportunities to help customer solve their problems

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ThoughtSpot Response
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Hearing this from someone in Finance, where the work is demanding and the margin for error is small, genuinely means a lot. The fact that you're experiencing the culture as values-driven and not just values-stated is exactly what we're working hard to build. The pace is real and so is the opportunity, and we're glad that combination is landing as energizing rather than exhausting. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
2.0
17 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good team members and peers in mid-senior management - flexible time off (sort of) - amazing product - great tools for building with AI

Cons

- burnout culture: "intensity" is a core value that plays out as burning people out, We've lost some good people over this. - when execs ask for feedback, and people are honest, they gaslight the folks giving feedback to minimize and dismiss the issues raised. - the week between Christmas and New Year's used to be company wide time off. Now it has to be approved by management. There were clearly some executives who wanted this to happen because they couldn't stand giving the whole team time off at once. See burnout comment above. - impulsive and reactive CEO. Fire drills every week that derail current projects. Downstream, we get harpooned by our direct C-level for not meeting deadlines. Other items have to be deprioritized in order to accommodate his urgent requests; there's no way around this.

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