This company will thrive - at the expense of its employees - Anonymous employee OneTrust Employee Review

2.0
Jul 27, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Clear leader in privacy management industry Start up company allows you to take on lots of responsibility Some of the most motivated people I’ve ever worked with High starting pay - but enjoy it. You probably won’t have another salary conversation without fighting for it. If you’re passionate about privacy, you will certainly learn a lot - including having your CIPP/E and CIPP/M paid for. Experienced Enterprise software account executives can certainly make some good money if they put in the effort.

Cons

CEO wants to maintain a flat org structure to be a fast-agile start up. In my experience, this means no career progression. Set goals if you want to, nobody will really care and there’s no formal employee reviews. Sure you have your sales goals, but that’s more of growing the company - not you. The flat structure fails too, as lots of internal processes get bureaucratic anyway. If there’s a specific need, they’ll throw the responsibility on overworked employee rather than hire the support. Lead by fear is a common review you see here, and you really feel it trickle down from middle managers (that somewhat exist despite “flat org”).

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Unfortunately there isn't anything worth highlighting. If you are actively interviewing at OneTrust, I would encourage you to carefully read through the reviews. There are several red flags that I wish I would have been aware of prior to joining.

Cons

- Unsustainable turnover and bad leadership: The CEO, CRO, CFO, and CTO abruptly quit shortly after I started. There is extremely high turnover across all teams (particularly in GTM). Favoritism runs rampant, especially with tenured leaders. - Lack of job security and stability: At the beginning of this year, several of my peers were impacted by a reduction in force. This unfortunately appears to be a common occurrence at the start of the fiscal year. OneTrust is a revolving door for top talent. - Poor compensation: The bonus pool was slashed a few weeks after being announced at a company all-hands. This money was allegedly invested elsewhere (unclear where though). There is no equity refresh for existing employees and merit increases were far and few between this year. - Lack of diversity: Despite being headquartered in Atlanta, there are no black c-suite members. The board has no female members. Diversity is limited at the most senior leadership levels.

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