There is a lot of good about Alteryx, but the core - the culture and the way you treat employees - really took a hit. Some of the upper management you hired causes more harm than good, unfortunately.
Something that really and truly, so much, made things so much worse is the way you all handled the D matter.
What would have happened if one of us non-management employees would have done something like that? We would have been fired IMMEDIATELY. How come that he was still at Alteryx for a while, and how come that there were no consequences for the CEO who supported him?! How is that acceptable?
Changes do bring upside downs, bumps and hiccups, that is just normal, but at some point the hiccups should get less and not more.
- You put leadership in place without carefully considering if they even have the knowledge to fulfill what they were hired for - and worse, no one seems to check up on if they do a good job.
- Alteryx moved people around - great and smart people who are hard working - just because it seems to be a great idea, entirely overlooking that someone who was hired to do X, has no interest in doing Y. If you change people's job over night, don't you see and understand that this is more than discouraging? Employees who were passionate before because they loved what they were doing, all of a sudden find themselves in a job they never wanted to be in. This hurts the moral and working spirit A LOT!
How come HR changes job titles over night, just like that? I have never seen a Sales Manager or Sales VP become an IT Manager or IT VP over night. I assume its because a manager or VP of Sales has strength in everything around selling and wouldn't do well in an area they are likely not familiar with, right? Do you think this is any different for your employees who are switched to do different work over night? I am not talking about taking on new responsibilities in the same team or dept, I am talking major unwanted job change. Think being a passionate carpenter today and tomorrow you are asked to design cars and make them drive.
- Some managers and directors come in and change up things right away without even taking the time to see how things work now, looking into the strength of their employees, what everyone brings to the table, and what would make things better. They come in and immediately change everything, whether it makes sense or not. Managers, directors, VPs, they are not the only ones who see if things go the wrong way. Your employees do too, probably even more so. So, ask them, let them help to contribute to the big picture.
- It became more and more common to start your working day with a note that the high priority project you worked so hard on for the past week, all of a sudden is declared not so important. That happens quite a lot. Its a waste of time, and unprofessional, unfair - because one put all the passion, time and over hrs into it - and with a blink of an eye, direction changes. Wouldn't you expect a manager, director, etc to know what the goals are, what the outcomes, the team's targets are, and then plan accordingly? Not just switching back and forth. There is not much stability left.
- Long hrs are taken for granted. I'd have yet to hear "hey, you worked very long hrs this week and as appreciation, take half day off." That would be a great way to show appreciation. An Alteryx cup or t-shirt really doesn't count as appreciation for extra good work.
- Promotions are ridiculous. Do we even have promotions for non-Sales teams? For the "normal" people?
- Why don't you implement more frequent surveys, especially in times where things change so much. If you did surveys in the past, did they even go all the way up? Did management, directors, VPs and the CEO see the results?
- We lost several people within a month in one department (a rather small one): isn't that enough clue? But instead of raising a red flag, no one seems to care. How come there is new management in place, and all of a sudden people leave left and right - isn't that noticed?
The statement "employees first, we value them so much, couldn't be where we are without them", doesn't seem to translate anymore, which is sad.
