Does Retool pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Retool employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Retool. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Retool?

68% of Retool employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Retool 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Retool?

Software Engineer (26) , Sales (7) , Sales Engineer (5) , Support Engineer (4) , Associate Sales Engineer (3) , Engineer (3) , Technical Account Manager (TAM) (3) , Account Executive (2) , Anonymous (2) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (2) , Enterprise Account Executive (2) , Marketing (2) , Product Manager (2) , Recruiter (2) , Recruiting (2)

What are the pros of working at Retool according to real employee reviews?

"People and product are both great" ((in 22 reviews)); "Transparent leadership" ((in 11 reviews)); "Great team; really smart and ambitious people who really care about creating strong working relationships." ((in 9 reviews)); "extremely smart colleagues" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Retool according to real employee reviews?

"Our manager is kind and well" ((in 7 reviews)); "leadership team is all white, mostly male (CEO is Asian male, however)" ((in 4 reviews)); "Lots of leadership turnover as the company constantly reassesses what it wants to be" ((in 3 reviews)); "The lack of open communication seriously stifles creativity and fosters a toxic work environment full of projects that go nowhere." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Retool layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Retool layoffs and their outlook for job security at Retool in 2026.

Retool reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(129 total reviews)

David Hsu

65% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

129 reviews

2.0

Feb 20, 2026

Interesting product, high attrition for a reason

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, flexible remote work policy, and exciting product.

Cons

Little opportunity for upward mobility, with no clear standards set. Unprofessional and disorganized management.

1.0

Feb 19, 2026

High turnover

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Even though the product is now pre-AI and needs to be completely rebuilt to be AI native, the concept of the product is interesting.

Cons

The founders hire low quality c-suite people. Some recent turnover: - Over the past year, many key GTM people have left, including: The Head of Support, the CRO (now at Replit), the Head of Sales, numerous RVPs, Head of Sales Enablement, Head of Rev Ops, and many of the top salespeople. - Since the new head of product joined in H2 of last year, most of the product managers decided to leave - Data/Resources eng team is now hiring for it's 4th eng manager in the last 12 to 18 months - Workflows team is on it's 3rd eng manager in the last 12 to 18 months - Engineering leader for applications left - Engineering leader for the app manager left - Engineering leader for Runtime left - Head of Product Design left around 18ish months ago - Head of Engineering was just let go - Person on the product data team left CTO and CEO are emotional and do "founder mode" in an ineffective way.

5.0

Jan 21, 2026

Great people

Recruiter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong hiring bar and process

Cons

Inconsistent leadership standards and high turnover

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