Alteryx reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(943 total reviews)

Andy MacMillan

80% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Alteryx has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 943 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alteryx employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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943 reviews
1.0
Feb 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Designer (the core product) is rock solid. It is a workhorse. -Great benefits -401k Match is pretty good -lots of analyst really like the software if they are using large data sets -leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant -pay is okay at best. other companies pay the same or more -most of the commercial sales team has good leaders. I really respect the VP of commercial sales

Cons

-middle management and especially front line managers on the sales teams are terrible. in some cases they have 25 year olds running "enterprise sales teams". -they have grown too fast and not put the proper people in management roles. it is VERY clear even at the AE level how dysfunctional sales management is. -the culture is absolutely TOXIC on the sales team. -they treat their employees terrible. they criticize and humiliate people in public/group settings. encourage them to work nights and weekends. -work/life balance is awful. they do not put family first. I have heard them tell people "your career should come first". -100% fear based culture. If you speak up about any of the very obvious problems, you will likely be fired or forced out. -there is a reason they have multiple lawsuits against them by employees and former employees. I can say definitively that the lawsuit are NOT merit less. -they play favorites more than any place I have ever seen. A big corporate politics environment. -in 2020 they skyrocketed the quotas AND lowered the commission rates significantly. there is a reason they are always hard selling the comp plans. -you will be pressured to work ridiculous hours and use unethical high pressure sales tactics (that rarely work)

2.0
Nov 25, 2017

Good aspects countered by toxic culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Plenty of very smart, driven employees. - Great benefits. - Amazingly enthusiastic customer base. By and large, people seem to really like the product. - Pretty good PTO.

Cons

- Unresponsive upper management, at least in Engineering. Decisions are often made without adequately explaining reasoning or allowing for any feedback. Many employees are afraid of speaking up or mentioning certain sacred cow topics because of the possibility of retaliation, which does happen. Upper management will say that their doors are always open, but this isn't fostering communication- it's creating a situation where the burden of fixing glaring issues falls on rank-and-file employees who face the risk of retaliation if they say the wrong thing. Issues don't get addressed; they get buried. - Despite having a lot of great employees, Alteryx doesn't seem to intent on keeping them. Employee turnover is high and morale, at least in large parts of the organization, is low. Responses from senior management have mostly consisted of talking about issues unrelated to problems employees are actually concerned about. The turnover issue is rarely discussed and, when it is, it's typically dismissed outright. - Profoundly outdated technology. The infrastructure related to things like testing, version control and builds is old, clunky and a significant drain on productivity. These complaints have been going around Engineering for a very long time, but senior management dismisses them every time they're brought up. - Favoritism. Echoing another reviewer here, I heard some employees complain about senior management picking favorites, but I thought it was just sour grapes on their part. After having worked here for some time, though, it's true- there's an inner circle at Alteryx and, if you're not part of it, good luck climbing the ladder. - Poor planning and resource allocation. It's not unusual to see teams have to change direction completely. Usually, this happens because of shifts in overall company priorities, but even priority areas often remain under-staffed and under-resourced while other projects lower on the list of priorities wind up stuffed to the gills with engineers. Increasingly, projects are being given ambitious deadlines before a clear plan of how to tackle the problem or what even needs to be done has been established.

1.0
Aug 1, 2022

BEWARE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and OTE, that’s it

Cons

- no onboarding program, nothing structured you are just thrown to the wolves - talk down to women at this company, lots of sexism on more occasions I can count - unfair account distribution. reps have high spend / value accounts with the same quota as low spend / no value accounts. - inexperienced leadership who are insulting to employees - too many redundant side projects that take away from selling - employee turnover is extremelyyyyy high because you are treated like a number

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Alteryx Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Your experience with the company is far below the standards that we hold ourselves to and the culture we are working so hard to achieve. If you are comfortable in doing so, we would like to know more about your experiences so that we can adjust as we move forward. Please reach out to me directly for a confidential conversation if you are open to it. Thanks, Jill Bone Acting Chief People Officer
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