Changes based on adaptation are totally expected and encouraged. They are what make companies great. What is happening now is not that. They are changes based on a series of poor decisions that are now compounding on each other. Looking for someone blame was not the Smartsheet way, it is now.
Taking away the things that MADE Smartsheet special and different, and making it just like any other software company, was completely unnecessary. Many of us are now mourning what has happened, and a lot of us feel like we lost a family member. Smartsheet will go on, and will continue to do well, but we are not blind to the total disingenuous message delivered by leadership.
"Reach out to HR or others"? no thank you. Last time someone asked a simple question about why things were done, they were berated for 30 minutes by the CTO. Politics and games were the opposite of what Smartsheet stood for, are now the norm, and are now permeating the organization.
This is not a sour grapes situation, although I know that this review will be regarded as such. This is a fundamental shift away from what made Smartsheet the best company many of us have ever worked for, to just an average place. Good to go to work at, but not a place that we will want to work at forever, like it used to be. This is now another mediocre stop on the tech job train.
