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Sonar

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Sonar reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)
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Tariq Shaukat

50% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.6

Career opportunities

Sonar has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sonar employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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118 reviews
1.0
Dec 17, 2025

“We’re quickly growing!” — a convenient cover for (years of) poor leadership

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a 5 word minimum.

Cons

A once great and unique company ruined by greedy and pretentious upper management. Original People Team that laid out foundation of healthy collaboration has been gutted and replaced with manipulative cookie cutter tactics you’ll find at any other tech company…except where Sonar really shines is its blatant disregard for improving employee sentiment! Aggressive micromanagement, fear mongering, and extremely reactive decisions that only temporarily resolve long-running issues. In terms of their products, they are extremely late in the AI game while competitors rapidly outpace them. Even in this current job market, I would warn anyone and everyone to steer far away from here. The ongoing chain of poor reviews over the last few years signal this loud and clear. Most recent positive reviews were most likely requested by Leadership.

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Sonar Response
6mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We take all employee feedback seriously as we navigate Sonar’s growth and evolution. We are currently implementing new, standardized frameworks for performance and compensation to ensure greater transparency and fairness across the organization and better mechanisms so that employees can see tangible action on their feedback. We recognize that periods of rapid change can be challenging, our focus remains on building a sustainable, high-performing culture that supports our teams.
2.0
Nov 17, 2025

Love Hate

Marketing
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The collaboration with different cultures is amazing.

Cons

The CEO does not trust people to do their jobs and he has his favorites.

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Sonar Response
7mo
Thank you for your contributions over the last three years. We are glad to hear you valued the international collaboration that is central to our Sonar culture. We appreciate your candid feedback on leadership dynamics. As we continue to grow, we are constantly working to balance high-performance expectations with trust and autonomy. We wish you the best in your next chapter.
1.0
Jun 9, 2026

Toxic and unqualified leadership team

Sales ops
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+Once upon a time, this was a great place to be. Not anymore. +in Austin your parking is paid for. + there used to be really great people that worked here but narcissistic management has chased them all out. + if the CEO likes you or you are part of his crew then you will be overpaid and not required to uphold any types of standards

Cons

-it’s an absolute joke. The only way that the CEO has a mediocre score is because he must be bribing people to leave positive reviews. -you live in fear every day coming to work -cameras at entry, constant micromanagement feom leadership team and everyone getting blamed for the business and it’s downward spiral -some of the new executive leaders that have been brought in over the last year are laughable, anyone that was decent or could’ve changed the toxic environment has been chased out or left out of frustration. -the fact that the executive management team doesn’t see a problem is a problem

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