Descent into chaos - Software Engineer Corporate Tools Employee Review

3.0
Oct 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good retirement program - Great health insurance if no dependents (employer HSA contributions!) - Outstanding characters - Tech stack has improved dramatically, exception is with repo names - Lots of engineers are willing to help. You could ask a junior a silly question as a senior engineer, and the junior would happily assist. - Will be around for a long time due to its market, assets, insane margins, and investment in itself. - Managers are fantastic and invest heavily in your development. Will only lose your job in extreme circumstances or due to a layoff.

Cons

- CEO gets involved seasonally and can ask too much. Completely erratic and can derail your entire team. However, it's really not that big of a deal. Metaphorically, CEO can ask for a rocket to Jupiter, and is happy with a can of unleaded gasoline. Just takes a while to understand and get used to. - Company has lost its way with customer service, which used to be top notch. - Not a lot of emphasis on removing tech debt when possible - Not in a good spot financially at this time, and laid off employees a week after they said they wouldn't. The same year, they took all employees to Vegas. - You need to work overtime in order to perform similarly to peers depending on your team, because they actually do. Some say you don't, but many coworkers were open about occasionally working late or weekends to get stuff done.

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Corporate Tools Response
8mo
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We understand the frustration our recent changes caused for many talented people. We don’t take that lightly and deeply regret the impact it’s had on our employees and their families. Moving forward, Corporate Tools is taking concrete steps to streamline and improve our overall internal organization. To clarify, Corporate Tools does not expect or encourage employees to work off the clock and believes strongly in a healthy work-life balance.

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5.0
Jan 8, 2026
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Pros

Work life balance, Great pay & Benefits, Alot of great learning opportunities and a wonderful community feeling within the company.

Cons

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Corporate Tools Response
6mo
Work/life balance and a sense of community are so important to us. Thanks for the awesome feedback!
5.0
Nov 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Interview & on-boarding process was comfortable, casual, but still professional. It wasn't intimidating but exciting to join the team. - Transparency, transparency, transparency. Can this company get a little messy? Yeah, but every company is. The others just don't show you what's going on behind closed doors. - No micro management, complete ownership over your work. - Amazing benefits. FREE medical & dental if you don't have any dependents (those would cost $$). - 401k is insane. My current dollar amount is near doubled compared to my previous job where I worked for 4 years. I have been here for 1 year. - Mix of remote and in-office employees, lots of different backgrounds, everyone is encouraged to be themselves. - Company provides COLA raises whenever possible to help us all with the cost of living. Did not ever receive that at my previous company. - Constantly encouraged to work hard BUT also have fun and take time for yourself. - INSANE PTO! It rolls over yearly and has no limits.

Cons

- This was a tiny company 5 years ago that has grown significantly. Have there been bumps in the road? For sure, but that happens anywhere, even when there is no growth. - Layoffs have been hard to watch and there are some growing pains after such a significant event happens at a company. However, seeing almost every huge company going through the same thing shows me this isn't just a Corporate Tools problem. This is an economy problem.

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Corporate Tools Response
8mo
Thanks so much for the great feedback! We work hard at Corporate Tools to provide awesome benefits and a positive work environment. Love your advice to management as we’re always looking for more ideas to recognize the work of our amazing employees!
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