Gloo Reviews

2.4

32% would recommend to a friend

(95 total reviews)
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Scott Beck

26% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Gloo has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 95 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gloo employee rating is 38% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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95 reviews
1.0
22 June 2018

Do your due diligence before accepting an offer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They have a good marketing team that is very professional.

Cons

Do your due diligence independently before joining this company, as their story may not line up or it can quickly change. Nepotism is real across the entire company. This company is a christian based organization, and atheists or those from diverse religious backgrounds may want to make that known right away to judge their opinions. Blessing god after a company meeting is normal, as are worship events at the actual office you do business in, which is extremely odd for start-up that need a range of experience and background to begin to succeed. This company is funded by the CEO, and their book of business relies on the religious philanthropic connections, not through the independent value of their product, which is generally half baked and unusable without someone there helping you use it. Don't expect to be integrated quickly into the company, as the beauracracy and red tape has people more worried about office poltics than they would about getting things done. Critical opinions will not be valued. The company is not structured like a common software start-up -- instead it is a loose group of project teams working with a small number of clients to try to figure out what they want to build(still figuring that out)

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Gloo Response
7y
We're sad to hear that Gloo didn’t live up to its promise for you. Growth and change is definitely hard, and if you feel you're not being heard I'd urge you to reach out directly to anyone on the executive team. We try to talk to as many people as we can, but we also need to hear from anyone who isn't happy or feel that there aren't enough opportunities to give feedback. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. It means a lot that you care enough to help us improve.
2.0
14 June 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very nice people, sense of community, and they care about their mission. I felt they were fairly transparent with employees about the ups AND downs they faced as a company (sales, progress, fund raising, etc).

Cons

There were red flags that I wish I had paid attention to. A new financial audit revealed we didn't have as long of a runway as we'd previously thought. They began bringing remote employees in for visits less frequently. Engineers started getting fired every few weeks. Local employees who previously enjoyed working from home were required to be in-office. Developers who use scrum "points" to estimate workload (a very ballpark system never meant to be a measure of production) were told they had to start completing a certain number of "points" per sprint. I believe they stopped hiring remote employees altogether. When I was hired, it was like they couldn't get employees in the door fast enough. A year later, they laid off a significant percentage of the staff. I didn't realize at the time that the same thing had happened a few years before.

1.0
5 June 2018

Working at Gloo

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fast-paced environment in which things are always changing, so if you thrive in that type of environment, this is the place for you.

Cons

There are some in leadership roles who should not be - see my advice to management. For some this could be a con - Very religious group of people overall, so be prepared for religion to come up in nearly every conversation you have at work. For those with a lot of corporate experience, this may come as a surprise, as you were most likely always taught that it was not PC to bring religion into the workplace. I know that this has even been brought up in the interview process with some potential employees told that they needed to belong to a church if they wanted to work there. People should feel comfortable working in a place where they can choose to remain quiet about their religious beliefs if they so desire.

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Gloo Response
7y
We appreciate the time you took to share your feedback. It’s unfortunate that you felt the effects of change as the company continues to grow. Gloo’s leadership is passionate about maintaining the culture we built over these years and we’re always looking for ways to improve. With growth comes change and maybe some areas of the business see it more than others but we’ll continue to work on this.
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