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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1.0
Aug 20, 2025

Held together by bandaids, gum and pretty messaging

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Culture pre-Vista acquisition in 2021 was fantastic. Platform was uniquely differentiated and innovative until Vista cut all costs from the business and loaded it with insurmountable debt. Current leadership team is selling a vision for innovation without anything stable to build that vision upon.

Cons

There are not any company leaders that use the Skills platform to develop team members. The platform hasn’t innovated in over 5 years and has critical functionality issues. The overall strategy is short-term focused on quarterly bookings. Every department has a different definition of who the customer is and what they need. RIFs have cut so deeply that core operations are unattended or covered by entry level personnel without any understanding of upstream or downstream impacts. Team members are viewed as a threat when applying systemic thinking to unravel the issues. Leaders use fear to motivate and gaslight team members to take the blame for the catastrophic consequences of cutting salaries indiscriminately. Merit and promotion cycles are not based on merit or actual performance. It’s a merry-go-round of consultants re-writing the strategy and playbooks every 6months, without any implementation or plan delivery. It’s exhausting.

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Pluralsight Response
8mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective and for the contributions you made during your time at Pluralsight. It sounds like you had a really frustrating experience and I’m sorry to hear that. We’re going through a transformation phase and acknowledge that comes with changes and quick shifts that can be exhausting. The leadership team has a multi-year strategy in place, and we’re aligned and committed to executing it thoughtfully over the long term. I also want to clarify a few points about how we operate, as some aspects of your review do not reflect our practices or culture. We actively encourage team members to bring diverse ideas and challenge the status quo to solve complex problems. If there’s a better way to do things, we want to hear it. Our merit and promotion processes are thorough and performance-based, designed to recognize contributions accurately; promotions are also dependent on business need. I encourage team members to discuss their promotion outcomes with their leader to understand what that pathway looks like. You also mention that some leaders were using fear and gaslighting. This is not something aligned with our values and any team member experiencing this should connect with their People Business Partner. Beckey Woodard Cole Chief People Officer
1.0
Aug 19, 2025

Used to be great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people to work with

Cons

Private Equity bought and ruined the company

3.0
Aug 18, 2025

Great People

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Pros

Worked with a lot of great people

Cons

A lot of layoffs the past few years.

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