High expectations, low trust, and bad management - Customer Success Manager Yoodli Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The core concept of the company is strong and has real potential. There are also some nice perks, like “Vibes Week”, where the team comes together for a mix of collaboration and social time

Cons

Leadership is a major challenge. The co-founders severely micromanage and struggle to delegate effectively. Employees were required to record all calls, have them reviewed for feedback (almost always critical rather then constructive), have emails closely scrutinized, send Slack summaries for every call, and frequently have leadership join calls to observe. It created an environment with very little trust, and lots of anxiety. Even when individuals are well qualified for their roles, the co-founders lacked confidence to let them do their job effectively. Favoritism also appears to influence how team members are treated and supported. Expectations around availability can be intense, with calendars often filled with back-to-back calls, leaving little time for strategic thinking or other tasks. The co-founders want you to be just as obsessed with their company as they are, and therefore do not respect a work-life balance. I was skeptical to join because I was leaving a stable role and asked what support would look like if things weren’t going well. I was explicitly told I would receive support, and a structured improvement plan if needed before any termination decisions were made. In practice, that process was not followed at all. Overall, the environment felt high-pressure and unsustainable. Despite putting in significant effort, it was difficult to feel successful or secure in the role. My mental health significantly improved the minute I left

Yoodli Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write this. I'm one of the co-founders, and I want to respond personally. Reading this was hard, but important for us. The environment you experienced isn't the environment we want to create, and it wasn't fair to you. I'm sorry. You mentioned that we've stepped back from direct management since you left, and that's true. Starting roughly a year ago, we began making deliberate investments in bringing in experienced leaders across the business, specifically so that the talented people who work here have the support, autonomy, and career path they deserve. That includes more structured feedback processes, clearer performance management, and a real effort to trust our team to do the work they were hired for. Your advice on anonymous satisfaction surveys, peer feedback in reviews, and consistency in how performance conversations are handled is good advice, and a lot of it is now in motion. Feedback like yours is part of how we get there. Thank you again for sharing this. I genuinely wish your experience here had been different. -Esha Joshi, Co-founder @ Yoodli

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5.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Yoodli is full of genuinely kind, smart, creative people who care deeply about the product, the mission, and eachother. Collaboration is real here. People show up, help each other, and share ideas freely. There is a strong culture of creativity and curiosity, and you are encouraged to bring your whole brain (and self!) to the table, not just execute tasks. If you can handle a fast paced startup environment, this is a GREAT place to be. The work is challenging, compelling, and rewarding and you feel connected to the impact you are making. There is a strong sense of mission and pride in what we are building, and that passion is contagious. You will learn a lot, stretch yourself, and work alongside people who genuinely want to do great work together. I have truly never worked as hard, and never had as much fun doing it as I have here.

Cons

This is not a place to coast. The pace is fast and the expectations are very high. Leadership sets a high bar for execution and has expectations to match. If you are looking to clock in, clock out, and fully leave work behind every day, this may not be the right fit for you. It takes focus, ownership, and a willingness to lean in, especially as a growing startup that is still building processes and scaling.

5.0
Apr 22, 2025
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Pros

- Humble founders who are as much your friend as they are your boss - High velocity pace, making for an exciting environment every day - Compassionate managers who will listen and change based on feedback, and who care more about the employees than some bottom line - Leadership is incredibly transparent, in everything from staffing decisions to major deal $$$ amounts. It's very refreshing, having worked other places where i felt like i was outside the inner circle - Super fun team events all the time, at LEAST quarterly and usually more often than that! - Great office, superb location, amazing snacks, great meeting tech — in person working is dialed in to the maximum. - Some incredibly smart and motivated people work here, which drives me and every employee every day to be as best as they can be. I've had more professional growth in the last 2 years than the rest of my career combined. - Lax and trust-based "unlimited" PTO system. It is a responsibility based system, not an "N days of the year" system, which i think makes a lot of sense. We're all adults - Bleeding edge tech, pushing the boundaries of what's even possible

Cons

Sometimes feels like there is more work to do than can be done. This could be considered a Pro as well though, especially with managers who do such a good job filtering requests to keep employees from feeling overwhelmed. Creates an environment where you are never twiddling your thumbs, which I and others tend to thrive in

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