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Corporate Account Development Team - Anonymous employee Cornerstone OnDemand Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Santa Monica HQ location. Free parking or parking reimbursement if you choose not to drive your car. Free breakfast. Free catered Friday lunches. Arcade. Casual attire. Candy wall. Snack wall. Great co-workers. Unlimited vacation days for salary employees.

Cons

Lower medical coverage as of this year. Company only matches 50% of 401k contributions. No unlimited vacation days for CAD's. Hourly wage. No flexibility in working from home. Lower base pay compared to other SaaS organizations for this role and capped commission. No incentives for going over in commission. Over compensated in happy hours, parties, and alcohol related events. High turnover rate in this role. Limited career mobility, as the CAD team is not viewed the same as the rest of the organization. Team Leads are completely unaware of leadership plans as demonstrated with the sudden, but expected lay-offs from their team members. Favoritism is highly shown amongst the team and only those will get promoted. Therefore, leading some individuals to come across to others on the team as unauthentic and insincere. Encouraged to take on more responsibilities and not be compensated for it including increased quotas quarter after quarter.

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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

Great leadership. Clear vision for growth and success.

Cons

Acquisitions created competing products and culture.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Response
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Thanks for sharing this; it's great to hear your positive outlook on our leadership and vision as that’s something we really care about. There can be challenges that come along with acquisitions, especially when it comes to aligning products and culture. While these decisions are made to support growth and long-term success, they don’t always feel seamless in the moment. Again, I appreciate you sharing your perspective and wish you all the best. -Carina Cortez, Chief People Officer
2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

The people by far were the reason I stayed at the company for so long. Working with people who helped be part of the solution rather than part of the problem was exciting and fun. Working to solve issues together and collaboratively supporting each other was a great way to drive cross functional collaboration and success,

Cons

Senior leadership is a constant turnover with consistent pivots in strategy and direction before there was time to test if something was working. WIth consistent reductions in force, teams have found it hard to stay motivated and unclear as to what the current strategy is. Decisions are made with little context or reasoning to the middle management layer which causes dissatisfaction across the frontline teams. Comp plans were often delayed, incorrectly paid and something we had to spend a ton of time figuring out if we were getting paid correctly or missing something.

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