Sievo Reviews

- The company treats career and salary growth as costs to minimize rather than investments in the company and its people. Below market salaries make it impossible to attract and retain candidates who exceed. - There are teams that have been chronically understaffed and unstable for so long that it's just accepted as normal now. The lack of accountability from leadership is striking even as the burnout, sick leave, overtime, and quiet quitting pile up right in front of them. - There is no culture of openness anymore. Information lives in private chats, visibility is low, and people are too uncomfortable to ask questions openly. It's a breeding ground for gossip and bullying. - Obsession with data means that if it can't be measured, it doesn't exist. Unfortunately, employee happiness, psychological safety, morale, culture, and mental health fall into that category. The "no corporate a**holes" thing the company used to pride itself on is long gone.

- Compensation lags the external market. - In PS, you often end up acting as the human integration layer between what Sales sold and what Product actually supports. - Performance matters less than internal optics and relationships. If leadership likes you, weak performance is often overlooked. If they don’t, the environment can become openly hostile, especially when negative attention comes from VP or CEO level. - Feedback is rarely constructive. Instead of direct coaching, people are often labeled “not a culture fit” or told they “don’t seem happy here,” with the expectation that they will eventually leave on their own. - Senior leadership can be highly defensive about criticism or reports of problematic behavior, which discourages people from raising issues openly. - Psychological safety is extremely poor. Many teams rely on private chats without managers present because people don’t feel comfortable asking questions, disagreeing openly, or admitting uncertainty. - Management quality is highly inconsistent. Many managers are first-time leaders with limited people-management skills, and some senior leaders have created a fear-based environment rather than a supportive one.