A Once Great Place to work has lost its identity and has a lot of work to do - Anonymous employee UserTesting Employee Review

2.0
22 June 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- great people still work there in contributor roles (and a few managers) - people are genuinely friends outside of work, and the company encourages coworkers the socialize, with a family environment - lots of fun social activities that the company puts on to get employees to know each other on more than just a profession level - great office spaces in Mountain View, San Francisco and Atlanta - awesome perks including fitness classes, massages, and lunches twice a week.

Cons

- Executive Management rushes into critical decisions without consulting the experts it has hired for opinions and to do things the right way. - Product is not seen as essential to new customers, and management constantly artificially change the product without actually improving it to justify higher dollar spend than customer wants to commit. - New management hires do not fit well with the core employees who made UserTesting into the rapidly growing company it is. - Executive team is quick on the trigger to let go of key staff, while keeping other highly paid VPs and directors who are dead weight because of personal relationships. - The Executive Team feigns like they get involved into the details of the business, but really have only high-level knowledge of what's going on. - Many managers are either inexperienced, over their heads or ineffective. - Marketing team has yet to product sufficient leads for sales to realistically achieve their quotas even with outbounding.

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Best-in-class product Constant innovation Amazing colleagues and collaboration Significant upside in career trajectory

Cons

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5.0
22 June 2026
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Pros

The people here are genuinely the best part. From day one, you're surrounded by smart, collaborative teammates who want to see each other succeed. Leadership is accessible and clearly invested in the company's direction. You never feel like you're working in the dark. Work-life balance is real, not just something they say in the interview. The remote flexibility is a huge plus and they actually trust you to get your work done. The mission itself is compelling, helping companies build better products through human insight is work you can feel good about.

Cons

Like any company in a growth phase, there's some change fatigue, things shift and you have to be adaptable. Cross-team communication can be inconsistent; sometimes you find out about things later than you'd like. Processes are still maturing in some areas, which can be frustrating if you thrive on structure. That said, these feel like the right problems to have for a company moving this fast.

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