Values are a façade - Anonymous employee Notion Labs Employee Review

2.0
Oct 15, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation and benefits are competitive. There are also extremely talented peers across functions and consumers are passionate about the product (it's nice to work on a product that people naturally champion).

Cons

The GTM department at this company is plagued by clueless leadership and retaliatory behavior. Key functions like brand, creative (video/web), media, strategy, ops and content/comms were centralized under one volatile leader, creating extreme chaos, silos, power-hoarding and an environment where retaliation was common and HR did not intervene. Psychological safety is nonexistent for high-performing staff, and multiple senior women have left this year alone due to poor leadership. Key cross-functional partners are often excluded, overruled and undermined, and credit hoarding by people who don't meaningfully contribute to the work is severe. Meanwhile, male employees who are difficult but close to leadership at the top frequently get fringe benefits (sabbaticals, relocation, international WFH, speaking gigs) while the rest of us are scrutinized about in-office days and "unlimited" PTO.

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3.0
Jun 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There’s an actual (free) coffee shop in the office, the workspace is beautiful, and the pay is highly competitive. For the most part, you’re working with really smart colleagues, which is great. Plus, the tool itself is widely used and loved, and it actually makes your day-to-day job a lot easier when it's running smoothly.

Cons

The high turnover here is pretty exhausting, and it feels like people are constantly leaving. Communication from management is also really stressful—there’s almost no heads-up or clear feedback if someone needs to improve, so people and even managers just get blindsided by sudden PIPs or getting let go. Roadmaps change constantly, too. While the All Hands meetings are super inspiring, they usually just spiral into management shifting direction completely and forcing you into another crazy, unrealistic deadline. On top of all that, the tool itself runs pretty slow on the production side, which just adds to the daily frustration.

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