State of the art technologies, lovely community, tyrannical execs - Software Engineering Manager Diligent Employee Review

4.0
Mar 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Modern technology stack - Open-minded and team player colleagues - Above average salary - 2 weeks extra vacation

Cons

- Executives have no credibility, nor communication skills - High-level decisions are inexplicable and unjustified

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Diligent Response
3y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. It's great to hear that you value our innovative technologies and our fantastic team members, who we’d certainly agree are open-minded and approach work with a team-player mindset. To your comments on management - transparency and accountability are critical drivers of not just how we help customers, but how we strive to operate as a business. We would appreciate having more context around this feedback and, if you’re comfortable, would encourage you to share more details at our confidential email address HRconfidential@diligent.com. Keys to our success at Diligent include learning relentlessly and partnering with heart. We’re grateful you took the time to provide feedback and we commit to taking it into consideration as we continuously seek to improve. Thank you for providing your review and for your hard work at Diligent!

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2.0
Mar 11, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The product is market-leading, and the space is genuinely interesting. There's no shortage of smart, capable people at Diligent. A lot of talented managers exist within the org who could do more if given the room.

Cons

Direction changes constantly — sometimes it feels quarter over quarter. The result is widespread burnout and an inability to execute. Senior leaders rarely push back on the CEO, which means teams absorb every strategic shift without warning or context. HR leadership prioritizes serving the executive team over the broader employee population. The HR team is stretched thin and operates more like a compliance function than a culture or development partner. (Turnover within HR leadership has been notable.) Pay is below market. The equity program is opaque, poorly managed, and functions more as a retention mechanism than a genuine benefit (with no clear path to liquidity). There's a meaningful gap between what the company says it stands for—especially around employee experience—and what it actually delivers internally.

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Diligent Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful feedback about your experience. We truly appreciate you recognizing the strengths of our product and the talent across our team, and we’re glad to hear the space feels interesting and compelling. We also recognize that as a company focused on governance, risk and compliance, that it’s critical to hold ourselves to the same high standards internally. Through our monthly pulse surveys, we listen to our team, learn and actively work to strengthen any areas of feedback from alignment to transparency, or accountability across our leadership teams. In fact, one of our OKRs is focused solely on ensuring we have an empowered and accountable team, which we rally around as an organization. We appreciate other sources of feedback like yours, as it is an important part of that effort. Our People team is committed to supporting an elevated employee experience and continuously improving how we listen, respond, and evolve. While we won’t always get everything right on the first try, we are highly focused on continuing to iterate and making meaningful progress to ensure our actions reflect our values. We encourage continued feedback and appreciate you sharing your perspective. If you’d like to provide any additional context, please feel free to reach out at: HRConfidential@diligent.com
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