PitchBook reviews

Working at PitchBook is like putting lipstick on a pig. It's just not that great. They parade company culture and all the great people that work there but it's genuinely a cover-up for bad leadership, low pay, and favoritism. While a small group of departments have it together, I have never seen office politics come more into play than ever at PitchBook. Don't speak up if you are entry-level, leadership says they want to hear your opinion but really want you to get in line and follow what they have to say. I have to echo another review that states " Bad management on all levels, saw it across multiple departments. I witnessed and experienced directors who had no idea how anything worked on their own team, so were entirely unhelpful. Also, I saw lots of instances where one person was a single point of failure. Executive leadership seems out of touch with the needs of their employees." Some directors are so out of touch ( and spinless) that it seems like the only reason they still have their job is that the CEO likes them. On the topic of the CEO, he is aloof and really doesn't care what employees have to say - hence the return to office plan where some teams are in 5 days a week and other teams lie and say 5/4 days a week but really go behind the CEO's back and work way less in the office so they actually have a team. There is little to no trust and if you don't love PitchBook as much as he does then something is wrong with you. Consistently low pay across the board has resulted in great employees leaving for better pay and benefits. I would be wary of joining PB, while not everything is bad, the bad definitely outweighed the good for me and some of my other colleagues who left.

- It is pure data collection. period, end of story. - management is terrible (micromanaging, disloyal to employees, limit opportunities for growth...also they just had a round of mgmt layoffs in the research dept and gave employees no notice and no options) - little opportunity for growth - delayed action (payroll and bonuses not coming in on time, delayed title transitions) - laughable below-market pay (they will tell you it's competitive until the cows come home) - extremely political - extremely high turnover in research (people get sick of the low pay, friends realizing it and leaving, and of the mgmt) - sales and customer success will always be the cash drivers for PB and will always be more important than research