They don't care about people - Technical Support Specialist Smartsheet Employee Review

1.0
Nov 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Salary - 4 days of work (10 hours) 3 days off. - You can ask to work remotely.

Cons

-You must do overtime. -No rest between calls and emails. -Unrealistic metrics and expectations - No work life balance. It seems to be as they offer 4 days work (10h) and 3 days off. But in reality the amount of work that you have to deal with forces you to stay doing overtime everyday that you work . You end mentally exhausted. -Most customer service workers quit after 3 or 4 months despite the salary (that says a lot about them)

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Smartsheet Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. As Smartsheet continues to expand globally and evolve as a modern workplace, we’re dedicated to sustaining a hybrid-work model that supports our employees’ wellbeing, engagement, and productivity. I acknowledge that in order to stay competitive in our high-growth market, we demand high-caliber work from our people. It is always my goal to create an environment that balances supporting employees to drive results, while empowering them to make the best decisions to take care of themselves. I'm disheartened to hear about your experience trying to find that balance at Smartsheet. I’d be interested to learn more and encourage you to reach out to people@smartsheet.com to share your experience. Thank you for your time investment and for sharing your feedback. – Mike Arntz, Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations.

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Great collaborative environment and competitive

Cons

Easily overwhelmed with phone calls, chats, and emails.

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We're so happy to hear that you're happy here! Collaboration with a healthy dose of competition is always great to hear, thank you for your review!
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Supportive of AI tooling. I had a great manager. I heard the severance packages are great, but I left of my own volition, so I don’t have personal experience.

Cons

Complete lack of direction or management at the mid to high levels of the company in product and engineering (most everyone left or was pushed out by cronyism from the private equity acquisition). No more equity offered to employees. No opportunities for promotion. They’ve shipped or are shipping most of the core products (including the core “sheet” aka Grid app) to India and have laid off tons of employees (somewhere between 12% and 15% of the company). Upper management did the thing where they had the US developers interview tons of people out of India, and then about half a year later laid off tons US developers, including several of the people that did the interviews. Upper management said that the India teams would be working on other projects, but clearly that was a lie. They laid off people without consulting their managers, or their manager’s managers, and without knowing what team they actually worked on or what they did. So entire teams were laid off unbeknownst to them. Very quick and poor handoffs to India, if any. You will likely be working on multiple teams at once, or moved to multiple teams during your time there in short periods of time. On-call can be a nightmare. There is no culture of any kind. Basically do not work here, whether you’re out of the US, India, or Bulgaria (the main countries for developers).

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Smartsheet Response
1mo
Thank you for your honesty. While we’re glad that you had a great team and the tools you needed, it’s incredibly tough to hear that other aspects of your experience were less than great. To your point about equity, we’d like to clarify that we do offer a limited equity pool with specific eligibility. That said, navigating transition is already tough, and adding in other aspects like global shifts and new leadership can make it feel even harder. We know the dust hasn’t completely settled, and we understand that we have a lot of work to do to repair employee trust and morale. We’ve set off on that journey, and we appreciate all of this feedback along the way. Thank you, and we wish you all the best in your next chapter.
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