Solid teams with our eyes on the prize
Pros
Smartsheet has an unprecedented opportunity in front of us and our leadership, investors, and customers continually remind us of this. In many ways I feel very lucky to be here because of the opportunity to be challenged, learn, fail, and succeed. The culture is still very collaborative even though the company has tripled since I joined.
Cons
While the company is growing, it has been growing mostly in a flat way. There aren't a lot of career advancement opportunities emerging. We're hiring a ton of experienced executives from outside, and growing our base of individual contributors, but there hasn't been a lot of opportunities to grow your scope or move into a management role across many teams. Although the overall culture is very connected, transparent, and honest, there are certain teams that are overworked and creating silos because of it. I think there needs to be more accountability for those teams that are overworked and lack prioritization because they are a tax on other teams that are managed in a healthy way.