Planet reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(236 total reviews)
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Will Marshall

62% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Planet has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 236 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Planet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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236 reviews
2.0
Mar 25, 2024

Poor Leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Some of the smartest and fun colleagues I have ever worked with. Genuinely engaged professionals who believe in the mission.

Cons

Leadership deteriorated greatly in the past 2 years. Folks with solid experience are let go off and replaced by cheaper barely qualified people who cannot lead teams. Morale is low and despite all the right training for managers, folks feel unappreciated, overworked, and underpaid. When work/life balance is addressed with management, no action follows except reminders of revenue, winning more business, etc. There is definitely a great compensation disparity across geographies. Leadership became cliquish, distanced, and self-serving (essential travel was cut but numerous and costly leadership offsite meetings continue happening).

1.0
Apr 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Space is fun Usually has work life balance Some great coworkers

Cons

First level management is weak pretty much across the board Some toxic coworkers Mediocrity abounds Siloed teams

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Planet Response
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At Planet we feel it is important to contribute to employee's career goals and development. For newer managers we’ve recently developed an ongoing “Managers at Planet” program to provide tools on being an effective manager. We’re confident we’ll continue to see growth and will continue to provide Learning & Development opportunities.. Culture Amp surveys are intended to be a snapshot of a point in time. While there is always room for improvement, we have seen a +10% increase in our global results and a +13% increase in San Francisco alone since our October 2018 survey! We’re actively targeting different areas that will continue with that trend. We invite you to reach out to us to discuss your feedback further so we can more specifically address your individual experience.
2.0
Aug 22, 2018

Senior manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting R&D tech Space launch

Cons

- politics over merits - exec runs the company like a government agency, lacks commercial business sense or understanding of software product development - mission driven marketing is mostly a marketing gimmick - cycling through layoffs periodically that creates instability and low morale, healthy work habits and workplace productivity constantly get destroyed by reorgs

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