Terrible work-life balance - Anonymous employee ServiceNow Employee Review

2.0
Jun 14, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company was supportive in the transition to WFH during covid with additional benefits and perks.

Cons

If you want to spend your mornings, afternoons, and evenings M-F working... then ServiceNow is the place for you. With majority of engineering resources offshore in India, early morning and late night meetings were unavoidable. Good luck if you run into a production issue in the middle of the day while all engineering resources in India are offline. Obvious nepotism in the marketing organization with directors hiring people that they previously worked with, but brought absolutely no value to the team. Tons of meetings with useless status updates. Strict change management processes that make it extremely difficult to get projects done. Outdated tech stack and processes that make it difficult to be productive. ServiceNow aims to make work better, so why are teams still tracking things manually in Excel?

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Nice people, great pay, substantive projects, builds presentation and networking skills.

Cons

All virtual unless you are in a state with an active office, like California.

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

ServiceNow had a differentiated platform and products. Early on the culture had a startup energy that was rare for a company this size collaborative teams, ownership, and a sense that people actually cared about outcomes. Working with large enterprise customers on complex workflows was interesting work.

Cons

The ServiceNow I joined was a different company. As headcount increased, so did the bureaucracy, layers, and friction that rewarded politics over execution. The layoffs of the last few years were handled poorly little transparency, inconsistent communication, and decisions that felt made far above with little thought for the people affected. The "cost optimization" messaging rang hollow against continued executive spending. For a company that sells workflow and people process tools, the irony of a chaotic RIF wasn't lost on anyone in the field or on customers. Leadership political dynamics were real. The right team, the right manager you had cover. Performance alone didn't protect you.

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