Honest review not curated by HR - Anonymous employee Docusign Employee Review

4.0
6 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This is a good place to work relative to other similar tech companies. In my experience the emphasis is on good not great. Yes, the work life balance is great. The physical location was great for me.

Cons

The pay is below market median by 10-15% in engineering, no 401k match, and no bonus. Basically you pay for that work life balance. That stock better do amazingly well one day. As a result there are lots of early career engineers and some of the more experienced folks have left.

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Docusign Response
8y
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for working at DocuSign. We wish you the best of luck in your next position. To address some of the issues you raise: our compensation team runs extensive analytics and ensures me that DocuSign typically pays around the median. We are not aware of any group in the company that is paid 10-15% below the median for the industry. As for bonuses, all employees are eligible for our EBITDA bonus and Directors and above are on an Employee Incentive Plan (aka bonus plan). True: there is no current 401K match. This is typical for a pre-IPO company and our CEO has said that a matching 401K program is a priority post-IPO. (By the way ... we don't curate reviews. Promise.)

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5.0
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Pros

Great work life balance, good people, supportive culture

Cons

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Docusign Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with us. We are thankful for your insights and are happy to read your positive feedback.
2.0
9 Apr 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Mostly nice people, dedicated to their specific roles.

Cons

Lack of team cohesion among departments. Lots of communication and accountability breakdowns, siloed efforts. Immature processes and undeveloped operations. Unqualified and ineffective leadership: I was to be the Business Process Lead but mid-interview, the hiring manager told me they would instead place me in a very small sub-department reporting into Finance Business Transformation. It was never clear if this was meant to be temporary or permanent... I was successful in facilitating and contributing to a project that was 10+ years overdue at Docusign. The managing director I reported to was laid off so a more tenured employee took over as "manager" who had never been in charge of people and it showed. Despite my contributions, I was told how little they valued my work and efforts on a successful project. Definitely a level disparity as I have been Sr. Finance Manager twice and head of a global department reporting into VP level and up. It appeared that all this new "manager" wanted was a subservient cog to condescend, demotivate, and talk down to. Beyond ridiculous to squander my 15 years of corporate experience.

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