Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) reviews

The culture, work/life balance, and ability to take meaningful vacation have deteriorated significantly. The reward for doing good work is always more work and rarely compensatory. Several members of the Executive Leadership Team will throw their own team members under the bus as soon as any fire comes in their direction. It's one thing to be cutthroat in a competitive business sense, but it is detestable to behave this way to one's own subordinates. Many roles in operations are full time putting out fires and performing manual workarounds for bugs that should have been addressed years ago. There is a huge gap between employees with 10+ years of experience and employees with <2 years of experience that continues to grow. This leaves a lot to be desired in terms of technical expertise. Per the SEC filing, the executive leadership team had a great year in terms of salary & bonus in 2020. The same cannot be said about me despite being promoted twice that year. Glassdoor ratings - given my comments above, compare the ratings from the “10+ years” or the “less than 1 year” to the ratings from the “2 to 8 years” range. It's clear this is where the problem lies. While the company is trying to be SaaS, the company culture is inherited from Mega Insurers and really has no link to what the environment seems to be in other SaaS companies (based on my Glassdoor research). Compare Clearwater to some top SaaS companies, and then compare it to mega insurance companies. You don't need to be a data scientist to see the relationship.

Principals and management are not transparent and treat employees as indentured servants. Experienced a hostile work environment for those who do belong to the culture of the founding principals. Diversity, though ostensibly sought after is not encouraged. Middle management lacks focus and autonomy, and the company falls prey to an unbelievable amount of group think.