Realize that when a company coincidentally has five 5-star reviews within a couple days, this is the People Ops Team trying to do damage control in the absence of being able to make real progress (think - transparent pay ranges, leveling bands, justification for who gets promoted, career pathing, or resolution to systemic gender pay discrepancies).
The leadership team's failure to take accountability for a toxic culture has been remarkable. They are smart men (almost entirely men), but they have created a toxic culture where groupthink, dysfunction, politics, indecision and a lack of accountability run supreme. You will never work in an environment that requires so much political maneuvering to get things accomplished, or where differing ideas are just blatantly ignored.
The company's failure to address gender pay inequities, especially when you take into account any quantifiable performance, is insulting and has the best female talent leaving. There is only so much condescension someone can take while being underpaid without any plan for resolution or explanation. It doesn't matter if you raise the issue with HR or outperform your peers by 10x. The executive team knows these issues exist and they have chosen not to actually correct this issue for female employees.
Others have highlighted that the company does not understand focus, priorities or accountability. If you are looking for an organization with vision and planning, if you want to build skills in efficiency or cost-effective work for this new economic climate, if you want coaching from managers about skills/strategy - this is just NOT the organization for you.
I went to Workato thinking I'd be there through an exit, and the challenges would have been fun and thought-provoking. Instead everyone there has bonded through the trauma of trying to survive the toxicity and fickle exec team.
