The high intensity, rapid-growth, absurdly optimistic so-called "startup". - Software Engineer Qualtrics Employee Review

3.0
Apr 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Qualtrics is a great place to work if you're passionate about what you do, are driven, believe in Qualtrics' mission and their optimism, and want to be an engineer. They pall fairly well, have a cool building, lots of perks, and there's a lot of excitement around what's going on there. As a part-timer, it's flexible on hours.

Cons

The company is incredibly full of itself. I get being optimistic, but they seem to think they're God's gifts to tech startups and that their very presence is a favor to planet earth. I get that you're successful, but this culture is a bit extreme. My personal experience hasn't been the best. I'm there part-time, and frequently feel disconnected from the rest of my team, what we're doing, etc. My onboarding process was terrible, and I didn't know very fundamental things about our engineering stack several months in. There are still big things that I feel like I don't really understand, and I have been there for a while now. Communication was virtually non-existent between myself and my team much of the time. I also am constantly switched to new contexts and don't feel that I can get a good grasp on anything before I'm moved to a different piece of the product. A lot of these pains came just because I was there part-time, but it was nonetheless not a good experience.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and resources available for their employees. In-office perks include catered lunches 3 days a week, 2 days with grub-hub credits, and free snacks and coffee daily; alongside office events and parties. There is a generally positive culture amongst the overall company.

Cons

Their actual company leadership does not always make the best decisions and rather than prioritizing root cause issues that impact both the customers and employees' daily work, they would rather prioritize shinier items that give the illusion of innovation. This will trickle down to the employees in the form of stressed deadlines, longer hours, and frustrated clients and/or frustrated teams you may work cross functionally with that are client facing. Your actual experience at qualtrics is largely based on what team/job function you are in and who your manager is. Additionally, there is a glaring diversity issue that remains unaddressed with no real effort to hire more underrepresented people of color, leading to the high turnover rate of underrepresented minorities who are not lucky enough to have great managers.

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