Great place to work w/ a downward trend - Software Development Engineer II Qualtrics Employee Review

4.0
Aug 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay for the Kraków metropolitan area, including benefits you rarely see elsewhere (examples include 7000 PLN experience bonus, which is usually used to fund a vacation; 3200 yearly for wellness items, such as sports equipment). The personnel in the Kraków office is young and easy to talk to. The atmosphere in the office is relaxed.

Cons

It is embarassing that a company responsible for, among other things, improving the employee experience cannot deal with terrible reasons related to trust in the senior leadership (which has continued for multiple quarters). There is a disconnect between leadership and engineering, especially given that actual technical executes have mostly been pushed out or quit. There seems to be an attempt to offload responsibility onto managers, who are mostly just good people (who actually get good results in the quarterly employee experience surveys). Another minus is that this is a company whose main product is a web application, which requires around-the-clock uptime globally. As such, each engineering team has a mandatory on-call rotation, which is always going to be a minus for work-life balance.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance and amazing culture

Cons

Potentially a long promotion timeline

4.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

From what I can tell, Qualtrics is generally following industry standards for tooling & processes, which makes you a competitive candidate for other companies. Standard tech perks in office & supports home/work balance.

Cons

Lacking senior leadership (haven't had a CTO in a long time) and prioritization is a mess - product & sales teams are constantly overselling, leads to us creating half baked products that go straight to top customers, etc. Not a lot of support from my management to change roles / move to another org; currently not promoting or hiring at all making promotions ultra competitive. The company also recently changed the ratings scale, screwing lots of people over.

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