Productboard Reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(290 total reviews)
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Hubert Palan

27% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Productboard has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 290 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Productboard employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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290 reviews
1.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There was a time when this was genuinely one of the best companies in the industry. It had a strong reputation, attracted talented people, and offered benefits that made employees feel valued. Unfortunately, very little of that remains. The people are still exceptional. My teammates were, and are some of the smartest, hardest working, and kindest people I've worked with. They are the only reason I am still trying to hold on.

Cons

Where do you even start? The company has become a revolving door of layoffs. Every few months there is another round, followed by leadership insisting everything is fine until the next one comes. There is absolutely no sense of stability, and people spend more time worrying about whether they'll still have a job than doing their actual work. The culture is driven by fear. Leadership expects people to devote their entire lives to the company while constantly reminding everyone that if they don't adapt, the business will disappear. Entire departments have been flown to headquarters, told their jobs depended on passing quizzes, and then many of those same people were laid off anyway. It is hard to take any message from leadership seriously after watching things like that happen. Micromanagement has reached levels I didn't think were possible. Employees are expected to work almost entirely in public Slack channels, and leadership has even tracked people's public message versus DM ratios and posted leaderboards in company channels. Instead of building trust, there is constant surveillance and pressure. The hours are exactly what other reviews describe. I enjoy fast paced environments and being challenged, but this is something completely different. Late nights and early mornings are the norm, and still it doesn't feel like enough to satisfy leadership. People regularly leave the office in tears. Burnout is everywhere. The employees who were good at their jobs have either left or are hanging on by a thread. The leadership team has created a culture where people never feel safe. There is no psychological safety, no job security, and very little confidence that decisions are being made in the best interests of employees or even the long term health of the company. If you're thinking about applying here, read the other reviews. I wish I had. I assumed they were exaggerated. They weren't. If anything, my experience was worse

2.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people and supportive colleagues. Strong benefits package.

Cons

Frequent leadership changes create an unstable environment and make it difficult to maintain continuity. Large-scale layoffs appear to occur at least every two years. The company talks extensively about valuing people and culture, but those messages feel inconsistent when employees can be let go without notice or a clear explanation, regardless of their performance.

1.0
20 May 2026

Stay away, even if you’re desperate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some great colleagues to work with and experimentation with AI is heavily encouraged

Cons

CEO has a massive ego, lack of strategic vision and is an awful communicator which has resulted in at least four rounds of layoffs and entire executive team turnover multiple times over the last couple of years. GTM has been blamed for lack of growth and has been gutted on multiple occasions despite almost no meaningful product development over the last 2-3 years. CEO stated during company kickoff that the company was “burning the boats” of the core product to focus on a new AI product, but the new AI product is actually more like an add on that lacks any commercial viability on its own. Considering Productboard markets itself as a tool for PMs to understand customer needs and ship products that address them, it’s mind blowing that all of the product decisions have been based on the CEO’s “vision” and have been at the expense of what prospects and customers have actually been asking for which has in parallel tanked win rates and sent churn through the roof. CEO only trusts a few people in his inner male-only circle who do nothing but agree with him and pump his ego. Head of product growth is CEO’s right hand man and a great example of this - he’s been promoted and given tons of additional responsibility despite revenue contracting by double digits, activation falling through the floor and churn skyrocketing.

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