Poor Leadership with no follow through - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Workato

2,0
12 feb 2023
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Remote Working Good product for Commercial market

Svantaggi

CEO shows favoritism towards his favorites and long-tenured employees, which HR leaders are aware of but have not been able to address effectively. The company strategy is poorly executed due to limited consultation during its development and a lack of follow-through, such as with the "North Star" initiative. The CEO is not known for being a good listener. The company is facing operational issues and employees have a low level of trust in senior leaders. The product offered is not suitable for enterprise-level use.

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5,0
8 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They make a great product, and the whole team is really awesome

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Didnt find it at all

2,0
26 mar 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Flexibility and abundance of PTO, great benefits with healthcare

Svantaggi

Great product. Harder place to grow. I came in sharp, curious, and ready to build. I left with a clearer understanding of how culture dismantles talent and silences the pattern. The problem is what happens to people who show up with original thinking and the audacity to say so out loud. There's an unspoken system of mirror the room and you move forward. Challenge it and you become a friction point. It's not malicious but it is the water everyone's swimming in. Those who pattern-match to whoever has influence get rewarded. Those who bring a competing perspective, even if it could be a better one, tend to find themselves hushed and edged toward the exit. The mimic wins. The builder gets tired and broken. Ask most managers and directors where the organization is headed and why, and you'll get a polished reframe of the last all-hands. This layer as a whole lacks the strategic muscle you'd expect at this stage of the company. What you get instead is change for change's sake. Reorgs, pivots, renamed initiatives, new frameworks layered over old ones that never fully landed. The pace feels like momentum but it isn't. Every quarter brings a new energy, a new priority, a new Zoom call with a deck that makes it all sound like a breakthrough. Six weeks later no one can find the follow-through. Adoption doesn't happen because nothing stays still long enough to stick. If you're early career and want exposure to a fast-moving SaaS environment, there's something here. If you're a senior operator who wants strategic coherence to do the real work, go in with your eyes open. The chaos isn't a phase, its definitely manufactured as the culture.

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Risposta di Workato
2mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We’re glad you recognized the flexibility, benefits, and strength of the product. Those are important parts of the experience we aim to deliver. We also want to address the themes you raised. We operate in a fast-moving environment, and that pace can create tension between driving change and maintaining consistency. That energy enables innovation and growth, but it can feel disruptive depending on what individuals are looking for in their role and stage of career. Creating space for different viewpoints, and ensuring those perspectives translate into impact, is something we continue to work on. We expect our leaders to challenge thinking, not simply reinforce it, and consistency here matters. On strategy and direction, we are intentional about evolving as the company scales. That can mean refining priorities and approaches, with the expectation that these changes lead to clearer focus and stronger outcomes over time. We appreciate you sharing your experience. It provides useful perspective as we continue to grow and strengthen how we operate. - Workato's Glassdoor Team
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