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
1.0
Sep 16, 2025

Smart People, Weak Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Competitive pay relative to market * Benefits are decent * Smart and talented colleagues who want to do good work * Hybrid work model with structured in-office days that support collaboration

Cons

* Executive leadership often ignores feedback from subject matter experts, which causes preventable issues and missed opportunities * Goals and success metrics are frequently adjusted, making it difficult to track progress or measure true outcomes * Projects are sometimes abandoned after significant effort has already been invested, resulting in wasted time and resources * Cross-functional collaboration remains a major challenge, especially between GTM and Engineering, which slows down execution * Marketing suffers from high leadership turnover, creating further instability in go-to-market efforts * The company struggles to scale beyond ~400 employees without attrition spikes, which disrupts business continuity * Ongoing C-level churn prevents long-term strategy from taking hold

4.0
Sep 16, 2025

Good IC culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

All of the ICs are kind, motivated, and talented

Cons

Could improve EPD <> GTM collaboration

4.0
Sep 11, 2025

Overall good place to work

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, interesting, and generally kind people

Cons

Sales targets can seem a bit out of reach relative to market conditions

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