Awesome Place to Work - Software Engineer Workiva Employee Review

5.0
Aug 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Very Flexible Work / Life balance - Beer Fridge Wednesdays (used to be Fridays) - (Scottsdale Office) Einstein Bagels on Wednesdays - Awesome co-workers - Pretty modern techstack on frontend - Awesome deploy, testing, and QA infrastructure making development easier

Cons

- Growing a lot so doesn't feel as fast paced as it used to day to day - Management changes hands A LOT. - Sometimes people pushed towards management instead of staff positions - Senior devs tend to have to take on some of the responsibilities of managers at times (some cases are completely understandable, but I've seen other cases where it just wasn't called for)

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Pros

Great community environment to learn

Cons

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Remote work and flexibility Size of company is great - not too big, not too small Great coworkers (aside from the leadership)

Cons

- Horrible psychological work environment. The senior leaders in my department were absolutely terrifying and incredibly nitpicky, rather than encouraging and supportive to their people. - Career growth is a joke at Workiva, and leaders make it clear by their actions (and at times, words) that it's not a priority. I remember sitting on a department call where my VP said, "Growth is not getting a promotion at Workiva," and the context in which she said it made it feel cold, patronizing, and disheartening. Departmental calls were often uncomfortable and totally deflating. - Extremely unrealistic and very subjective standards - No manager accountability - People constantly live in fear, but the work flexibility and "great place to work" facade keep employees stuck in a toxic loop - When they get the slightest whiff of unhappiness, they push you out. I've seen it time and time again (which then creates a toxic fear culture) - Constant gaslighting

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