Pluralsight reviews

2.9

35% would recommend to a friend

(1,255 total reviews)
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Erin Gajdalo

34% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Pluralsight has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Pluralsight employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Dec 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO. Friendly culture. Good natured individual contributors and lower managers.

Cons

The message of "room for growth" is not true. Managers hire their friends without giving the hard working peons a chance. The spending habit is OUT OF CONTROL. Each employees laptop costs between $3k-4k, and because "we want to attract talent." Meanwhile 75% of these employees do all their work in a browser window which would run just as well on a chromebook. The SASS spend is outrageous as well. PS is paying for 4-5 software products that all do the same thing, when it could easily be consolidated. Then lets talk about the monolith to the founders pride that is the biggest corporate building in Utah in terms of square footage. And they are using less than 30% of it. You want to save money? Try any of the above options rather than ruining the Christmas of over 400 families. Say hello to the ghost of Christmas Past for me.

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Pluralsight Response
3y
Thank you for the review. Pluralsight is committed to equitable hiring and we have solid processes in place to ensure that the best candidate is hired for the job. Though we do consider and often hire referrals, all candidates must go through the same interview process to be hired. The decision to reduce our headcount was not taken lightly, but was unfortunately necessary to ensure we could meet our business objectives. The decision was made as part of a careful and extensive assessment of all cost savings measures designed to drive efficiencies and retain as much of our amazing talent as possible. This includes implementing many of the cost savings ideas you mentioned, including leasing a portion of our Draper office in Utah, reviewing our other real estate in light of our growing remote culture, and reducing and consolidating our SaaS spend over time. - Sincerely, Will
3.0
Dec 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited paid time off is about it

Cons

Poor Management, Disorganized Culture, Unclear Objectives and Company Outlook, Hiring Ambiguity, Poor Management of Company Morale

2.0
Mar 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO (but it's frowned upon by the commercial sales leaders who promote workaholism); free benefits (which are very generous); shiny new building; access to a world-class training platform.

Cons

Where do I start... my heart is broken over the once great Utah company that has just become another run-of-the-mill corporation. The CEO once said they would never leave Davis County. They left and built a huge building in Draper. A little over a year ago, the CEO said they weren't looking to entertain any offers to sell the company - it "wasn't something they were seeking." They are now being purchased by Vista Equity. Once we were celebrating that we were a public company. Now we've pulled that back and the employee stock purchase program has been dissolved. Empty promises, empty commitments. It was once a thriving place to work and develop a career, but now employees are streaming out the front doors looking for other opportunities that pay better and have a healthier culture. Pluralsight has abandoned their employees and morale is abysmal. There are tons of job postings - you need to ask yourself why that is. Added to that are the years of unhealthy sales leaders who have turned the commercial sales organization into an absolute sweatshop. Micromanaging their teams, setting unreal expectations and unobtainable quotas, promoting their church friends - not those who actually deserve the promotion, and publically rewarding sellers during All-Hands who work late at the office, not the ones who exhibit the company value of work/life balance. Commerical sales leadership needs a total overhaul from the VPs on up. Last, now that the ESPP program is gone, Pluralsight will have to respond to the low salaries and unobtainable quotas they are offering. It's pretty easy to find other companies who will offer 20/30% more, where sellers are hitting their OTE because the comp plans are solid.

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Pluralsight Response
5y
I’m sorry to hear this has been your experience at Pluralsight. It’s true that there continues to be change within our organization, but we think this is a great time to be at Pluralsight. As we grow, our strategy must evolve in order to continue offering the best product experience to our customers, and I can assure you that no decision is ever taken lightly. I’m concerned about some of the points you made in regards to the sales organization. I strongly encourage you to take your concerns to your People Business Partner, because it sounds like there are some things that need to be addressed, and hopefully sharing context will be mutually beneficial. I am always open to having a conversation as well. -Anita
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