Decent company if you want to have a life outside of work - Software Engineer II Qualtrics Employee Review

4.0
Jan 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Management chain in the Employee Experience org cares about their employees; our director comes across as the most sincere and humble leader I've ever had * Culture is white-centric, there are clear goals to promote diversity and inclusion; people are generally accepting * Pay is better than Microsoft * Nice side benefits for a medium sized company (wellness bonus, experience bonus, WFH bonus, free lunch, ESPP with lookback, 10% development time) * Company-wide North Star projects to improve architecture are clear and inspired * Good work life balance

Cons

* There's a dichotomy of culture between sales and engineering; sales is hype mode and you feel it in company-wide meetings * Ryan Smith (founder) is cringe * Stock is a big part of comp and a bit volatile * 401K matching is low * Expect tech debts; engineering quality is inconsistent * PMs follow customer requests blindly and don't have long-term vision of what the product should look like in a couple years * Sells directly to companies that have representatives within the company, so expect escalation of tickets when the customer is blocked; if you like direct feedback from customers it might be a pro but I find some customers annoying

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Enjoy the changes silver lake has made. We are getting more efficient and back to what Qualtrics is really good at.

Cons

A lot of change can be frustrating at times, but necessary

1.0
Jun 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free lunch and that’s everything

Cons

* No company vision * Pay is mediocre * Lack of growth opportunities * HR is TRASH! You will not be heard nonetheless * Sales driven, which is fine, but that changes every decision the company makes * Lack of product direction mainly because management sucks!! They cannot even prepare a decent product strategy document for a given FY. They ask the L4-L7 levels to come with product goals that they think are important! As long as you produce a BS concept on AI for your product, you are a star, you don’t have to even deliver it! Success metrics are only for the papers, they don’t care if they’re generating any revenue from it!

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