Wistia Reviews

Managers, esp senior management, are valued at Wistia but they don’t value and listen to the individual contributors that work for them. Many IC’s are more competent than their managers but the managers get all the credit for their hard work. I was an IC and I had high hopes for my job and career growth at Wistia… my ideas weren’t appreciated or listened to and I felt invisible. My boss was not interested in helping me setup a career growth path at Wistia. The company does not let employees grow in the company, they pack their teams with managers from outside of the company that pat each other on the backs for doing nothing and the IC’s do all the grunt work and they’re not listened to and get burned out and eventually leave. Most employees are kind but there are some bad apples that play dirty and they know how to suck up to management. If they don’t like you they will make your job a living hell and management will do nothing about it. Wistia has a DEI program but they don’t enforce it enough bc some managers don’t care.

The company had a very cliquey culture. There was a lot of excessive pandering and cheering for senior management or employees who have been there forever. This often left newer or less popular employees feeling completely sidelined. It took a considerable amount of time for me to feel welcomed, though I still did not become part of the inner circle. Decision-making often seemed to be driven more by who came up with an idea rather than the actual quality or potential of the idea. This meant that sometimes, terrible ideas from senior management, long-time employees or favorites of management would get pushed through, while better ideas from newer or less popular team members were ignored. It felt like knowing the right people mattered more than having the right skills. The focus was on who you knew rather than what you could do. This was especially true for some outside consultants who were close to the co-founders or senior management but didn’t seem to add much value and would often talk down to the employees. The company had a strong “co-founders put their buddies in senior roles” vibe. This led to weak management and there wasn’t a clear direction for the company. Projects felt all over the place, as if they were just throwing money at various ideas to see what worked. Career growth opportunities were limited, especially if you weren’t one of management’s favorites. Overall, I had concerns about where the company was heading and felt like they needed to get their act together and listen more to employees who really knew their stuff.