Not that great - Anonymous employee Smartsheet Employee Review

2.0
Dec 30, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

benefits are pretty good and that's really it

Cons

Company policies were constantly violated by employees and no one batted an eye. Firing people without cause or official warning. Diversity does not exist. Management does not act on fixing problems, nor do they really care. Sales org is all about the clique culture, you either belong or you don't last very long. Don't bother wasting your time talking to HR - it won't help- in fact, it might just make things worse even if it's innocent non-issue related. Regardless of the department- the negative reviews on here are 100% accurate. The good reviews are either from people still drinking the Koolaid or people who were asked by HR to write something nice.

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Smartsheet Response
5y
Violation of company policies is never acceptable. If a violation takes place, steps should immediately be taken to address the issue at hand. If any employee doesn’t believe that's happening, I encourage them to reach out to HR or to use our internal employee feedback form to uplevel the issue to me and our Chief People and Culture Officer (there is an option to submit anonymously). We’re committed to fostering a culture of growth and inclusion, and we won’t succeed if we turn a blind eye to open and honest conversations. Regarding pressuring people to write glowing reviews — we simply don’t do that. Lastly, at the end of last year we hired a Director of DEI, and I'm looking forward to the progress being made to advance our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. She'd welcome a conversation to share more about what we're doing in that space, and how employees can get involved. My door is always open to discuss any of these matters further. —Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet

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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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