Qualtrics reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,603 total reviews)
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Jason Maynard

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Qualtrics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,603 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Qualtrics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 14, 2016

Work with Customers (non Sales)

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting to work at a place where trajectory is up. Revenue continues to increase at surprising rate. Growth oriented. Open atmosphere. Charismatic CEO.

Cons

Others have mentioned it, I agree: if you're not in Sales, you are 2nd tier employees at Qualtrics. That's tough enough by itself, but realize that Qualtrics is not an employee friendly company. Company would counter that with its benefits package (which is decent), but culture is so much more important. Day to day life is dictated by culture, and Qualtrics culture is not employee friendly. Company is divisive, judgmental and employees are first to blame if something goes wrong. It's hard to be happy and work hard when you feel like you have to constantly watch over your shoulder. Never worked in an environment so implicitly threatening to employees before coming here. One of Qualtrics claims is that employees bet on Qualtrics and Qualtrics bets on them. Never seen something so patently one sided. Qualtrics culture is that you bet on Qualtrics, give your life to Qualtrics, or you're out the door. Would be nice if Qualtrics actually backed up its claim and focused more on employees. This is not a 9-5 job. Technically, it's an 8-5 job, but if you're only here from 8-5 then you are under performing and won't be here long. Promotions are so rare and company constantly hires management from the outside. Again, see point about not being employee friendly. Don't think that you're special and will come in and outperform everyone. These are smart, hard working people and most get passed over for external hires. Because of the above, I know many feel like they are now in a dead end and need to look at other companies to move forward in their career. Wages only increase with promotion. See above on how difficult that is. Lose to inflation, quality of life suffers. Company claims to be transparent, but grievances or complaints will be met with hostility and possibly worse. IPO never seems to happen. It's dangled in front of us as motivation, but seems like it will never come. Managers are extreme micro-managers. Does not feel like the freedom or autonomy we were promised.

3.0
May 19, 2016

Client Success

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is a great entry-level job destination. Flexible environment with quite a few perks (stocked kitchens, ping pong and pool tables, quarterly activities, decent PTO, etc). The parties thrown and the swag given out compares to none. The energy in the office is good and the people extremely friendly. Company values are emphasized.

Cons

Two things: (1) no opportunities for career growth and (2) client success management is terrible. Despite the promises of career advancement and opportunities for growth, I found that there are very little indeed. In aggregate, Qualtrics does a poor job promoting within (aside from tech support) and consistently funnels in talent from outside to fill management positions. There are those who have been with Qualtrics for years and are genuine leaders in the company that are getting passed up for opportunities consistently. There is no upward trajectory. Management in Client Success do not lead, train, or contribute in meaningful ways. They play favorites, lead by fear, and offer very little value in constructively inspiring a team or offering legitimate assistance when needed which is very demoralizing. They are not true leaders, but glorified babysitters that can make life seemingly unbearable at times.

1.0
Apr 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When I first started here the benefits were very clear. Free lunch 3 days a week, on-site gym, beautiful 5-acre grounds, bring your dog to work, etc. None of that has existed for over a year now so any pros have gone away with WFH.

Cons

Benefits has continued stalling around our questions for what benefits we will have post-SAP as well as denying any requests for reimbursement of internet, lunches (considering we used to get 3 free meals a week and one subsidized), and any other expense that has skyrocketed since going fully remote. It’s extremely disappointing as we still advertise all of these benefits when recruiting even though it’s been 13 months since we’ve had them. Promotion paths are impossible. In my 2 years here I’ve seen a ton of frustrated coworkers with the antiquated promotion path that completely pigeonholes you if you’re not the #1 kiss a** of the team. I’ve seen too many talented colleagues quit citing this as the main reason. Work life balance is nonexistent. Qualtrics is touted as a family friendly company, but only if your manager has kids. My manager had no empathy whatsoever for my situation when we started working from home while children also school from home. She expected more hours, which I gave up copious bedtime stories, continued working through lunches, and for months I even skipped dinners due to the workload being completely overwhelming. Despite this and working 60+ hours a week, delivering everything within the deadline, and continuing take on more than my role required, my manager slapped me with a rating of missed expectations. In a 6-month rating period she had one constructive conversation with me. If an employee is truly missing expectations then that should be the focus of bi-weekly 1:1’s. She referenced my inability to “balance” my personal life and work life. As a mom, this was the most offensive thing anyone could have said to me when for over a year I had sacrificed spending time with my children for work in the anticipation of receiving an aggressive promotion schedule. She ensured this would not happen and all of the reasons point to a personal issue with me rather than my work ethic and work output to blame. After raising this with HR as there was clear discrimination for having a family it was extremely clear that they were only here to protect the company and not me as the employee. They refused to acknowledge all of the data I brought to the table despite plenty of other working moms telling me I had a legitimate case I could take to a lawyer extremely easily. It’s sad that they don’t appreciate working moms like they say they do, or protect them at the very least. This rating came weeks after the head of people ops sent an email requesting managers be extremely understanding in this trying time for working parents. Juxtaposed with my rating letter and the nicest thing I can say is that my manager is completely tone deaf. This is obviously a very niche experience, but if you decide to work here as a parent DO NOT GO ONTO A TEAM WITH A MANAGER WITHOUT CHILDREN!!! You will find yourself working crazy overtime for someone who doesn’t care to understand your situation.

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