Employee career growth + Company growth - Software Engineer ThoughtSpot Employee Review

5.0
29 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Selfless excellence is real. People here are genuine, and are always willing to help. - Work life balance is good on most days; there are days when things get hectic - like any other startup in the valley. - Benefits are A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Except 401K matching, Thoughtspot Benefits pretty much trump that of all other companies in the area. - Product is unmatched by a long shot! Customers are excited about what TS has to offer and there's enough buzz going around. Its an amazing feeling, as an engineer, to contribute towards a product and architecture that is implemented well and is robust. - Company culture focuses on giving you space to learn and grow while doing your job. This place is filled with so many smart(_really_) engineers, and all of them are willing to share their knowledge with you whenever they can, to help you do your job better. - C level executives/founders are all winners in their own right and have had exceptional careers. There's a lot of lessons to learn from these guys about structuring your own career path. - Bro culture? I read about on Glassdoor before I joined the company, and so far I haven't seen much of this. Maybe this was existent in the past, but the culture here feels pretty inclusive so far.

Cons

- Diversity has been a pain point for the company, but in the short while that I have been working here, I have already seen many steps being taken to improve this. In general hiring diverse people in the valley is difficult, and TS is doing its best to combat this.

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5.0
24 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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
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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.
2.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good team members and peers in mid-senior management - flexible time off (sort of) - amazing product - great tools for building with AI

Cons

- burnout culture: "intensity" is a core value that plays out as burning people out, We've lost some good people over this. - when execs ask for feedback, and people are honest, they gaslight the folks giving feedback to minimize and dismiss the issues raised. - the week between Christmas and New Year's used to be company wide time off. Now it has to be approved by management. There were clearly some executives who wanted this to happen because they couldn't stand giving the whole team time off at once. See burnout comment above. - impulsive and reactive CEO. Fire drills every week that derail current projects. Downstream, we get harpooned by our direct C-level for not meeting deadlines. Other items have to be deprioritized in order to accommodate his urgent requests; there's no way around this.

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