Retool reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)

David Hsu

65% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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3.0
Nov 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

friendly team friendly manager good WFH food in office job is easy recruiter was nice

Cons

not a technical role. Was told this is an associate sales engineering role, but it's actually a sales dev rep role. Transparency was lacking during interview process. The duties I was told i'd have during my interview is not what I am currently doing. A lot of internal politics and favoritism. Little diversity in sales.

3.0
Nov 11, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High visibility, high autonomy work is yours to take, whether you're 10 months or 10 years into your career. The product is genuinely impactful with a voracious user base, and is only scraping the surface of its TAM. Some of the most talented people I've met in my life were my coworkers at Retool.

Cons

This company does not know how it wants to win. We've reached full decision paralysis on strategy, we cannot hire leaders with vision and conviction, and it's frustrating to see so much energy go to waste because we can't operate like a team. Decision making is so decentralized that it often feels like 10 small companies operating with loose awareness of each other vs. a single organization, Our rotating door of leadership is well-meaning, but they fail to equip teams properly and play favorites when it comes to projects/strategic bets. The product is falling behind on customer trust.

1.0
Sep 20, 2023

A deceitful company that wastes everyones time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Has a lot of smart and thoughtful talent at the company.

Cons

1. **Leadership is not diverse**: The lack of diversity at the highest levels of leadership is not only glaring but also unacceptable in this day and age. All female executives have left and they seem to only prioritize rehiring men. It's disheartening to see a company that claims to be progressive and inclusive yet fails miserably in ensuring representation at the top. This glaring absence of diversity sends a clear message that the company is more interested in maintaining the status quo than promoting equality and inclusion. 2. **Leadership does not listen to its employees**: It's disheartening to work for a company where employees' voices fall on deaf ears. The leadership seems to be entrenched in their own ideas, completely disconnected from the realities of the workforce. It's a very top-heavy company and despite hiring great talent, leadership never actually listens to outside ideas. The lack of open communication seriously stifles creativity and fosters a toxic work environment full of projects that go nowhere. 3. **Leadership does not value culture**: Company culture should be the lifeblood of any organization, but it appears that this company's leadership pays it little more than lip service. They fail to recognize that a healthy and inclusive culture is the foundation for a motivated and engaged workforce. Instead, they prioritize profit over the well-being of their employees, resulting in a culture of apathy and disengagement. Wins aren't celebrated whatsoever and there were hardly any big company events in my time there. 4. **Leadership lies about promotions to make you work harder**: Perhaps the most egregious offense of this company is its deceitful practices regarding promotions. Employees are promised opportunities for advancement, only to find themselves trapped in a never-ending cycle of unfulfilled promises. The leadership's dishonesty in this regard is nothing short of exploitative, using false hopes to extract more effort from employees without any intention of delivering on their commitments.

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