Good Teammates, Attractive Opportunities, Poor Vision - Principal Technical Consultant OneTrust Employee Review

2.0
Aug 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Welcoming team that will help get you up-to-speed. Fun people to spend time with during work and play. Well-defined, mature processes in place. Decent documentation to help you do your job. No obsessive micromanagement. Have a decent, defined leveling structure although how they adhere to it is more questionable. Excellent compensation and benefits. Respected in the industry with big-name clients. Pay for your IAPP certs (Although not sure how helpful this will be for my career)

Cons

Many questionable strategic decisions: Dud Acquisitions? Upsizing to a new office when the old one is not even close to fully utilized? RTO position? Make up your mind about in-house services vs partners? Laid off before vesting 401k match or stock; why'd y'all even hire me in the first place? Don't talk about multi-year plans when you can't even get one year right! Clear mismatch between sales demand and capacity/hiring in a pretty short timeframe. Interplay between different departments generally poor; people outside direct circle not caring for your opinions, concerns, feedback. Product led strategy annoys customers when basic feature requests are ignored. Overly optimistic 'financial transparency' all-hands with the mask the true situation with regards to health/IPO.

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OneTrust Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience. We appreciate both your positive and negative feedback. Our teams are a great, hard-working workforce. They know how to celebrate wins both in and out of the office, and they're all driven to help companies use data and AI responsibly. While our internal processes will change over time (we believe there's always room for improvement!), it's great to see that you had supportive management with defined structure. Additionally, our Benefits team has done a fantastic job to introduce new benefits over time to support our employees in all walks of life. We look forward to the future enhancements they make to our benefits packages. Regarding RTO, we're being intentional about the culture we want to create by investing in our workspaces to give our people a place where they can do their most valuable work together. That said, we're committed to a flexible approach. We have recently realigned our organization around our core product strategy. Like many companies, we regularly assess our organizational needs to best serve our customers and position the company for long-term success. This realignment is aimed at significantly enhancing our speed, responsiveness, and flexibility. The restructuring was carefully considered, and we repositioned many employees into new business units and roles to minimize the impact on our workforce. Unfortunately, some employees were affected, and we have supported them through this transition. While this transition brings change, it also presents immense opportunities. Our commitment to supporting our customers remains unwavering, and we are confident that we will continue to foster greater innovation, success, and sustained growth.

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Cons

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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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OneTrust Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective. It's disappointing to hear that your experience has not met your expectations. We recognize that periods of organizational change can create uncertainty and impact how employees experience the company. Feedback regarding leadership, communication, career experience, and inclusion is important to us, and we remain committed to listening, learning, and improving in each of these areas. Like many companies, we regularly evaluate our organizational needs to best serve our customers and to position the company for long-term success. We acknowledge the contributions of those that have been part of the OneTrust team and wish them the very best in their future endeavors. We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective.
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