Dumpster fire - Finance ThoughtSpot Employee Review

1.0
5 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is really good

Cons

Easily the most chaotic disorganized work environment I’ve ever been a part of. Turnover is high which has lead to no linearity in process. Everyone marches to the beat of their own drum and scrambles to get things done quick and right one time with no repeatability. Data inaccuracies are by far the worst I’ve seen in any business. Work life balance is non existent because of how inefficiently the business operates 12 hour days are necessary just so you don’t fall far behind. Culture is toxic hardly anyone gets along. I would only accept a job here if you’re fully prepared to triple your stress level and decrease your happiness for the payoff of a slightly bigger back account balance.

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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

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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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