Toxic gaslighting corporate cult on a downward spiral - Anonymous Qualtrics Employee Review

1.0
13 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Q hired a lot of smart, kind, innovative people during a hyper-growth phase. Unfortunately, all of these smart innovators have left since or are running for the hills after realizing what a vaporware sh*t show this place is. There are still some true gems left, but those people are few and far between, and they typically have no power over the reality of your day-to-day. Compensation was pretty good during the heyday... but it's shrinking fast.

Cons

This place very quickly turned into the most psychologically damaging organization I've ever been a part of. - Where your career will come to die. You won't be able to get anything done or grow professionally due to all the bureaucratic, political red tape – *especially* if you don't work in Provo, UT HQ. - A lot of people here have only ever worked at Qualtrics. This place operates like a company straight out of the 1990s – run by first-graders (might be an insult to first-graders.) - Everyone here is out for themselves and trying not to get laid off in the next round that Silver Lake inevitably cuts. - No boundaries allowed. You will be societally shunned if you say no or even hesitate to work on something is (completely) outside your job description or bandwidth. If you don't sacrifice your body, mind, and soul for this company, you will be told you're not a team player. The Qualtrics that will be left standing in 6 months to a year will be a shell of its former self, with the way things are going with PE buyout. But honestly, it was never really great here to begin with. The stuff that happens here could easily be in a cult documentary, and so many people here think it's normal so you will very quickly feel like a black sheep if you don't comply.

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5.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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

1.0
18 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunch and that’s everything

Cons

* No company vision * Pay is mediocre * Lack of growth opportunities * HR is TRASH! You will not be heard nonetheless * Sales driven, which is fine, but that changes every decision the company makes * Lack of product direction mainly because management sucks!! They cannot even prepare a decent product strategy document for a given FY. They ask the L4-L7 levels to come with product goals that they think are important! As long as you produce a BS concept on AI for your product, you are a star, you don’t have to even deliver it! Success metrics are only for the papers, they don’t care if they’re generating any revenue from it!

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