Decent company if you want to have a life outside of work - Software Engineer II Qualtrics Employee Review

4.0
Jan 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Management chain in the Employee Experience org cares about their employees; our director comes across as the most sincere and humble leader I've ever had * Culture is white-centric, there are clear goals to promote diversity and inclusion; people are generally accepting * Pay is better than Microsoft * Nice side benefits for a medium sized company (wellness bonus, experience bonus, WFH bonus, free lunch, ESPP with lookback, 10% development time) * Company-wide North Star projects to improve architecture are clear and inspired * Good work life balance

Cons

* There's a dichotomy of culture between sales and engineering; sales is hype mode and you feel it in company-wide meetings * Ryan Smith (founder) is cringe * Stock is a big part of comp and a bit volatile * 401K matching is low * Expect tech debts; engineering quality is inconsistent * PMs follow customer requests blindly and don't have long-term vision of what the product should look like in a couple years * Sells directly to companies that have representatives within the company, so expect escalation of tickets when the customer is blocked; if you like direct feedback from customers it might be a pro but I find some customers annoying

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Enjoy the changes silver lake has made. We are getting more efficient and back to what Qualtrics is really good at.

Cons

A lot of change can be frustrating at times, but necessary

3.0
Jun 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits and resources available for their employees. In-office perks include catered lunches 3 days a week, 2 days with grub-hub credits, and free snacks and coffee daily; alongside office events and parties. There is a generally positive culture amongst the overall company.

Cons

Their actual company leadership does not always make the best decisions and rather than prioritizing root cause issues that impact both the customers and employees' daily work, they would rather prioritize shinier items that give the illusion of innovation. This will trickle down to the employees in the form of stressed deadlines, longer hours, and frustrated clients and/or frustrated teams you may work cross functionally with that are client facing. Your actual experience at qualtrics is largely based on what team/job function you are in and who your manager is. Additionally, there is a glaring diversity issue that remains unaddressed with no real effort to hire more underrepresented people of color, leading to the high turnover rate of underrepresented minorities who are not lucky enough to have great managers.

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