Lost its sparkle - Engineer Gladly Employee Review

2.0
Feb 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Lower-level employees are kind and want to help.

Cons

ELT is out-of-touch and at times openly hostile to employees. They boast about doing amazingly, then lay off 15-20% of the company. Some of those folks were hired just a few months ago. There is no true strategic direction with a lackluster AI product, and toxic positivity abounds.

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5.0
Jul 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Mission-driven company solving a real customer need - Smart, capable teams who care about the work - Strong product-market fit and happy customers - Incredible customer list - Lots of opportunity to take ownership and drive impact - New CEO is leading the company in the right direction

Cons

- Strategic direction from leadership is still too vague, though it’s trending in the right direction - Too many competing priorities dilute focus and stretch teams thin - Decision-making can be slow and overly consensus-driven, which drags down execution speed - No 401k match

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, currently iterating product fast

Cons

Poor leadership, very self serving, they only want to promote themselves and only care about optics they do not care about output but only input to make it look like youre doing busy work even though it does not relate to impact

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