Workstream Reviews

Workstream has completely lost its way. Leadership changes direction constantly with no clear strategy. The founders say they’re “humble and hungry” but operate with arrogance and zero openness to feedback. It’s top-down, and disagreement isn’t tolerated. They only want yes-men. The payroll product is unreliable, yet still being pushed aggressively. Layoffs are frequent. When people leave, they often aren’t replaced, which just increases the workload on those left behind. Burnout is widespread. Raises are rare. Career growth is stagnant. Work-life balance is terrible, especially for US-based teams who are expected to accommodate Asia schedules. There’s a major disconnect between GTM and Engineering. The Engineering team in China doesn’t seem to understand how hiring and payroll actually work in the U.S and it shows in the product. Also, anytime a negative review shows up here, the company floods Glassdoor with clearly manufactured 5-star reviews. It’s obvious and embarrassing.

1. Everything. From pay to management to leadership to company strategy. All of these are non-existent. CEO built an echo chamber around himself with yes-men and all every other executive does the same. 2. Company has no long term viable strategy other than trying to win and begging for big deals which eventually churn anyway. No real innovation. 3. CTO thinks he's the next Elon Musk but can barely articulate his thoughts in any meaningful manner. 4. Company is moving most of its laborforce to China and that team/department is so disconnected from customer wants and needs. (do your customers even want AI as part of their hiring pipeline??) 5. Pay is abysmal, coming at below market rates 6. Work-life balance is non-existent with meetings past 6-7pm on a daily basis typical and expected