No technical strategy or engineering leadership - Anonymous employee Alteryx Employee Review

1.0
Nov 23, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people who work here are amazing. Everyone wants to help and to teach, so you never feel like you are abandoned. Plenty of opportunity as a company if it can turn around.

Cons

There is absolutely no technical strategy. It's been over a year since we first described what our vision was and leadership has not made any progress on what we will do to get there. No short/mid/long term discussion on how we move towards the platform that was our goal and no leadership on how to converge our various rewrites. Projects become a reactionary reflex with no cohesion towards working together due to executive management.

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Alteryx Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As tough as it is to read constructive feedback, your thoughtful reflection on where you see areas of opportunity are most appreciated. While with the leadership of our new CEO, we're currently in the process of building out our FY21+ goals, a critical underpinning is - as you mention - the role of the technical strategy itself. We have some of the best product experts and software engineers in the business, who partner well together and truly understand the criticality of a strong and clear roadmap to help ensure we're delivering the value our customers need and deserve. With the focus that the engineering leadership and team have on the importance of FY21 ahead of us, the addition of a few key technology senior leadership roles will bring together in a clear and cohesive way the project and program alignment you mention. As the technical strategy becomes set in the next several weeks - and is shared with the company in our FY21 kickoff, please keep the feedback coming. Even when it's constructive in nature, it's helpful to hear and see and will continue to keep us focused on clear and regular two-way communications about our strategy, goals and execution. And lastly, thank you for the affirmative feedback about how supported you feel here at Alteryx; I couldn't agree more, and it's part of what makes Alteryx special. While strategies may evolve, the core of our culture that is focused on talented people supporting each other is unwavering. Thank you for being a part of that critical core. Thanks, David

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Pros

-Strong technical talent and knowledgeable colleagues who genuinely know the analytics/data space -Product still has real technical depth and a loyal user base, but the move th AlteryxOne is causing renewal issues -Historically solid brand recognition in the data/analytics community

Cons

-Repeated rounds of layoffs have left remaining staff stretched thin and anxious about job security -Since the PE acquisition, decisions feel driven by short-term financial targets rather than product or people -Leadership has changed multiple times in a short window, with little continuity or clear long-term vision communicated downward Trust between employees and management has eroded — morale is low and turnover (voluntary and involuntary) has hollowed out institutional knowledge -Culture has shifted from collaborative to guarded; people are protecting themselves rather than working openly -Communication from leadership during restructuring has felt reactive rather than transparent

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