Good place to work - Staff Engineer ThoughtSpot Employee Review

4.0
Feb 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Very flexible on work schedules - hybrid - friendly environment

Cons

- little bit political - bad dev experience on CI pipelines

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ThoughtSpot Response
2mo
Three-plus years as a Staff Engineer says something real — glad the flexibility and hybrid setup have been working for you. A friendly environment doesn't happen by accident, and it's something we work hard to maintain. On the politics front, we hear you — directness over dynamics is something we hold ourselves to, and it's worth a constant gut-check. The CI/CD pain is a fair call; our engineering leadership knows dev experience is a force multiplier and it's actively on the investment roadmap. Thanks for sticking with us and for the honest read.

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Company going through hyper growth. Ability to change with market conditions. Company is building a culture based on values, commitment to success and it's employees. -Free lunch in office!!

Cons

As with any startup, there is a lot to do!! However, we have challenging and exciting opportunities to help customer solve their problems

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ThoughtSpot Response
1mo
Hearing this from someone in Finance, where the work is demanding and the margin for error is small, genuinely means a lot. The fact that you're experiencing the culture as values-driven and not just values-stated is exactly what we're working hard to build. The pace is real and so is the opportunity, and we're glad that combination is landing as energizing rather than exhausting. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
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Pros

Good work life balance. Technical team is good

Cons

Management seem to be a bit lost.

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ThoughtSpot Response
2mo
Really glad the work-life balance and the technical team are working well for you — those are things we actively invest in and it's good to hear the signal is positive. On management direction: we hear you, and it's feedback we take seriously. We're in a phase of focused growth, and we know that can sometimes create ambiguity at the team level. We're working to tighten that alignment. If there's something specific that felt unclear, we'd genuinely welcome the conversation — reach out to people@thoughtspot.com.
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