Horrible place to work - Account Executive - Expansion Smartsheet Employee Review

1.0
19 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

WFH, dental, decent healthcare, maternity leave

Cons

My manager is the most miserable human being I have ever associated with. He’s created the most toxic work environment for everyone on my team. The turnover is mind boggling and they will fire you before you even have a chance. Have to keep your head down and be a robot or you’ll be a target. A manager can make or break your experience here and the majority of the good ones have left. Smartsheet made the worst decision by recently changing its licensing model in the middle of its Q4. Hard to believe mass layoffs won’t happen. The product is dying quickly and for some reason the company has destroyed itself from within with the changes. Do not come work here at this time and of course I’m praying the acquisition will lead to something positive but as of today it is a nightmare here.

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Smartsheet Response
1y
Thank you for feedback. I appreciate you sharing the positive impact our benefits have on your experience, as they reflect our commitment to employee well-being. I also understand your concerns around management and team dynamics. As a senior leader on the Go-to-Market team, I strive to cultivate a leadership environment rooted in empowerment and mentorship, and I’m disappointed to hear this hasn’t been the case for you. We are in an evolving and exciting phase at Smartsheet that presents an opportunity for collaboration, innovation, and collective growth. As we embark on this new chapter, I encourage you to share your experience directly so we can continue to learn together. Please feel free to connect with your People Business Partner or me. Thanks again. – Jake Mars, Senior Vice President, Large Enterprise

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We're so happy to hear that you're happy here! Collaboration with a healthy dose of competition is always great to hear, thank you for your review!
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Supportive of AI tooling. I had a great manager. I heard the severance packages are great, but I left of my own volition, so I don’t have personal experience.

Cons

Complete lack of direction or management at the mid to high levels of the company in product and engineering (most everyone left or was pushed out by cronyism from the private equity acquisition). No more equity offered to employees. No opportunities for promotion. They’ve shipped or are shipping most of the core products (including the core “sheet” aka Grid app) to India and have laid off tons of employees (somewhere between 12% and 15% of the company). Upper management did the thing where they had the US developers interview tons of people out of India, and then about half a year later laid off tons US developers, including several of the people that did the interviews. Upper management said that the India teams would be working on other projects, but clearly that was a lie. They laid off people without consulting their managers, or their manager’s managers, and without knowing what team they actually worked on or what they did. So entire teams were laid off unbeknownst to them. Very quick and poor handoffs to India, if any. You will likely be working on multiple teams at once, or moved to multiple teams during your time there in short periods of time. On-call can be a nightmare. There is no culture of any kind. Basically do not work here, whether you’re out of the US, India, or Bulgaria (the main countries for developers).

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Smartsheet Response
3w
Thank you for your honesty. While we’re glad that you had a great team and the tools you needed, it’s incredibly tough to hear that other aspects of your experience were less than great. To your point about equity, we’d like to clarify that we do offer a limited equity pool with specific eligibility. That said, navigating transition is already tough, and adding in other aspects like global shifts and new leadership can make it feel even harder. We know the dust hasn’t completely settled, and we understand that we have a lot of work to do to repair employee trust and morale. We’ve set off on that journey, and we appreciate all of this feedback along the way. Thank you, and we wish you all the best in your next chapter.
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