Workfront reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(436 total reviews)

Alex Shootman

90% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Workfront has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 436 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Workfront 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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436 reviews
1.0
Jun 2, 2020

Workfront is a sinking ship. Stay away.

Recommend
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Pros

The front line employees. Some of the best in the business.

Cons

Leadership - especially senior leadership. We sell unfinished products and promise our customers the moon and stars - anything to get a sale - and then we never follow up on the promises we make. Just because we say Workfront is ready for the Enterprise space does not mean we are. There are other companies who do what Workfront does, only better. That's why we will continue to lose good people. We try to make up for our sloppy products and business practices by overcharging our customers. The trick is getting old and our customers are getting wise to our schemes. Instead of going IPO, the best we can hope for now is to be purchased by a larger company, or a competitor. That's why we just had a big layoff. We got rid of expensive people not 3 weeks after the CEO, Alex Shootman, told everyone in a town hall meeting that we would not be doing any layoffs. Morale is at an all time low. Once Covid is over, there will be a mass exodus from Workfront. Senior leadership has run this once great company into the ground.

4.0
May 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great Culture - DSR managers are directly responsible for this. Fun atmosphere Lots of little perks (when at the office) Snack rooms, Food Truck Fridays! Unlimited PTO which is nice to not need to track how many days you have left throughout the year Sales Directors, VPs and Enablement team are 5-star leaders and individuals CEO is a kind, compassionate leader that makes himself available to any employee.

Cons

Multiple recent changes to the sales motion in the last year Marketing and lead generation has been mentioned over and over as improving but with no sign of it happening A lot of promises of advancement but minimal opportunities Upper DSR leadership doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in the group Lack of clear expectations between AEs, DSRs and sales leaders, because of constant changes, causes frustration and headaches. It really seemed like there was no clear direction or plan for the DSR org as there were constantly shifting focuses, accounts, and requirements to hit quota. Speaking from with others (2-3+ years) on the floor there was less and less money to be made in the role . Insanely long and cumbersome process required to even show prospects a demo of the product and to create opportunities for both DSRs and AEs (even if prospects are wanting to expedite process) Process - [Initial conversation w/ DSR, if the prospect has 10-30 minutes to talk. If not, need to schedule a time w/ prospect to establish need, urgency, budget/money, pains/challenges that we solve for.] . A follow-up call with the DSR called an Impact Call is next - [Create w/ the prospect a table that lists all pains and challenges and how they affect individuals, teams, departments, leadership, and cost of problem] 30-60 mins [Call w/ prospect and AE where the AE validates if the needs from the impact table can be solved and then the AE goes through a Value Map exercise, if the AE can do that AND process discovery during this call then there is a potential for a demo next, if not then another call is required with an technical advisor so they can present a demo] 30-60 minutes Hopefully at this point the prospect isn't frustrated and they can see what the product actually looks like. Upper DSR leadership asked the DSR org via Slack to tattle on their AEs if they were not following sales process exactly during hand-offs, regardless if it was necessary or not.

1.0
Dec 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

They have a new office building.

Cons

The company is a house of cards. Solution is way over-priced for the value & consistently gets crushed by the competition. Revenue is unpredictable. Management team is a joke. No wonder customers are only renewing about 67% of the time and employee attrition is over 30%. Not ready for prime time.

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