There was a golden time to join - Software Engineer II Qualtrics Employee Review

3.0
Jul 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are always trying to lead (follow?) the FAANG companies with policies some times we come out with it on our own other times it feels like they are just following the crowd. I've enjoyed working and interacting with the majority of the engineers so people have been great. Learned a lot we were constantly doing more bleeding edge stuff before being acquired after the acquisition there seemed to be more focus on integrating with SAP. Talk about going IPO again and being independent of SAP has things up in the air on priorities.

Cons

Management is still green horned and is learning. They are hiring more seasoned managers now and it looks positive at least 1 or 2 levels above team managers. The promotion process is broken it's constantly changing and in the beginning it was more of who you socialized with or what big project you showed to higher-ups. Many people worked 6+ years before even being considered for promotion with quite a few making large important changes that allowed the company to move faster or be more stable. The stock was a wash, we drank the kool-aid from what was being sold yet with only a little more than 100 people have been here longer than myself it wasn't fully worth it. It would have been better to leave after 2 years to get a higher paying job than stick it out for the money. I stuck around as I was learning so many new things and got to dabble in so many different forms of tech.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Great growth and good culture

Cons

AI innovations were falling behind and the company was changing a lot before I left.

3.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Recommend
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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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