Run away from this company if you are joining - Principal Engineer ThoughtSpot Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Used to be a great company until acquisition of mode analytics. Please ignore previous reviews. It was really good company until start of 2023 Jan. Things have drastically changed to a downfall and the stress, chaos is not worth your time joining here. Posting here for your own benefit if you are thinking of joining.

Cons

Too much cost cutting at every levels and benefits no structure and you could be layed off anytime No customer focus, everyone is running chaos and dosing fires. Plans change every week worst case, best case everymonth. No long term vision for product. Too many egomaniacs and politics for a company of this size.

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Company going through hyper growth. Ability to change with market conditions. Company is building a culture based on values, commitment to success and it's employees. -Free lunch in office!!

Cons

As with any startup, there is a lot to do!! However, we have challenging and exciting opportunities to help customer solve their problems

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ThoughtSpot Response
1mo
Hearing this from someone in Finance, where the work is demanding and the margin for error is small, genuinely means a lot. The fact that you're experiencing the culture as values-driven and not just values-stated is exactly what we're working hard to build. The pace is real and so is the opportunity, and we're glad that combination is landing as energizing rather than exhausting. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good team members and peers in mid-senior management - flexible time off (sort of) - amazing product - great tools for building with AI

Cons

- burnout culture: "intensity" is a core value that plays out as burning people out, We've lost some good people over this. - when execs ask for feedback, and people are honest, they gaslight the folks giving feedback to minimize and dismiss the issues raised. - the week between Christmas and New Year's used to be company wide time off. Now it has to be approved by management. There were clearly some executives who wanted this to happen because they couldn't stand giving the whole team time off at once. See burnout comment above. - impulsive and reactive CEO. Fire drills every week that derail current projects. Downstream, we get harpooned by our direct C-level for not meeting deadlines. Other items have to be deprioritized in order to accommodate his urgent requests; there's no way around this.

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