Retool reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(129 total reviews)

David Hsu

65% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Retool has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 129 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Retool 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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129 reviews
2.0
Aug 25, 2023

Core flaws make it hard to succeed

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Pros

Smart and ambitious GTM team

Cons

Leadership does not set a strategic vision, and pushes blame to managers and the team. The company is extremely thrashy and disorganized. Can feel as though leadership thinks they're in an episode of Succession. Internal politics are brutal, at the expense of focusing on customers. Lots of favoritism and reward to those best at playing internal politics. Everyone is overworked and unhappy but still celebrating false accomplishments. This is not a place to learn from your leaders.

2.0
Aug 13, 2023

Cons > pros

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Pros

Impactful projects Fast paced Great engineering talent (not leadership) High sense of urgency - we don't waste time. Everyone works hard. Non trivial eng challenges Product has real potential Culture of extreme transparency within rank and file employees as a consequence of all the cons below.

Cons

Bad comp especially equity: We have a high rejection rate of offers for this reason. Bad refreshers - Too bad your offer was low but maybe if you prove your worth you get more equity. No. You won't. Ruthless culture - No rewards, but if you don't do well you get fired. Retool is infamous for firing employees before their vesting cliff. Can't waste equity like that. High churn - If you survived the above funnel, you'd now see your comp staying way behind other companies, so you leave. We have an abnormally high churn for a "high growth" company. ~0 OG employees completed their 4 years of vest. Most leave after 2 years. Low growth - For all of 2023, our revenue growth is negligible. Our valuation is high. Go figure. Questionable leadership - Founders and leaders do a poor job of maintaining a healthy culture. Nobody asks for feedback about their own leadership.

3.0
Jul 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good product! People are nice and want to help.

Cons

Leadership is really young and clearly not seasoned. Very little visibility into strategic decisions. There's a major lack of transparency and many decisions are made at the expense of the humans that work there. People are extremely overworked.

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