I’ve been spending some time on glassdoor the past few days, reading reviews and checking in on some of our beloved companies. It’s an interesting glimpse into people’s experience. Admittedly, one has to talk everything with a pinch of salt because who knows how many of the positive rules are solicited from HR and how many of the negative reviews are from disgruntled employees.
But Glassdoor is important, because talent wants to live in a nice place that pays well. If I was a new grad, or changing careers, I would be paying attention to Glassdoor. So I went to check it out. Some interesting notes…
DataDog seems like an intense place to work. It’s not fluffy puppy town. Tough environment.
Alteryx has more of an old school business vibe. It doesn’t really have a startup culture and there are mixed reviews on how it is handling its cultural shift that accompanies hypergrowth. Some complaints about response to Covid 19. A general sense that Designer is their bread and butter, but there isn’t much innovation happening beyond that. In short, the reviews make it seem as though Alteryx is legacy tech deep down.
The Trade Desk was one of Glassdoor’s best places to work in 2017, but the ratings have dipped a bit since then. People talk about growing pains.
Okta doesn’t seem like a bad place to work, but also not great.
Roku and Pinterest have some very unattractive reviews
So who are the Glassdoor stars?
MongoDB
Docusign
Zoom
Slack
Nvdia
All of these companies have excellent reviews of both their CEO and have employees saying they would recommend them to a friend.
For what it’s worth