Great product but lots of churn of customers as of recent. - Account Executive Smartsheet Employee Review

4.0
Feb 27, 2025
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Pros

Smartsheet offers a solid product with extensive integration capabilities. Despite experiencing some customer churn, the overall customer base remains strong, and those who use Smartsheet absolutely LOVE it. The talent on the Solution Engineering team is top-notch, providing exceptional support. There are ample resources available to assist with discovery, demos, and execution, ensuring success on the job.

Cons

The pay at our company is unfortunately not competitive with the market, typically falling around $10K less than our competitors. The shift to comply with Washington State laws has resulted in Account Executives becoming hourly employees, leading to the removal of unlimited PTO. Managers often find themselves in their roles without proper mentorship, which can lead to challenges in team guidance and development. While it's good that some underperforming leaders have departed (including some Directors/VPs) since the company went private, morale remains low. There's a noticeable lack of camaraderie among internal teams within divisions. There's a significant focus on the Enterprise sector, leaving other divisions feeling unsupported and neglected at times.

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Smartsheet Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are incredibly proud of the talent that we have at Smartsheet. Every year, we review our compensation plans to ensure that we remain competitive in the market. To comply with the revised Washington State Labor Laws enacted on January 1, 2025, certain changes were required. With regard to your feedback on our managers and training/mentorship our Talent Development team has training and tools for managers that live within our Manager Development Center. We are actively working to better promote resources. We appreciate all of your feedback and wish you the best in your next endeavor.

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Pros

Great collaborative environment and competitive

Cons

Easily overwhelmed with phone calls, chats, and emails.

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Smartsheet Response
2w
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!
1.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

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
4w
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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