Clearwater Analytics Reviews

Pros

Empathetic leaders who actually care and not just pay lip-service. Good and exciting work and a wonderful warm culture of collaboration. They value hard work and transparency and are quick to recognize and reward effort.

Cons

Not many except maybe 4 days in office but the leadership team has taken a lot of effort to find parking around the office in Boise

Pros

Great people, fun to work at headquarters in downtown Boise, interesting work, evolving company

Cons

A few growing pains, but overall after one year I don't have set cons

Pros

Awesome coworkers. Very caring team leads. Friendly people all over the place. You’ll meet people from various parts of the world. PTO is good as well.

Cons

Parking is far unless you want to pay for it. Pay could definitely be better. Your performance review which impacts your annual raise is compared against everyone in the department regardless of years of tenure. So, you better outperform people that have been there years before you. As of March 2023, everyone is back to office 4 days/week, even remote workers, unless you leave 3 hrs away.

Pros

Fast pace environment and team oriented. Great if you like problem solving and a challenge. Lots of opportunities for career growth

Cons

Burn out is real and the reason most employees change roles after a year or two. Over commitments in the sales process lead to unrealistic expectations.

Pros

Great manager, personable ELT team, opportunities to learn technical skills (SQL, Excel, PowerBI), fun work perks

Cons

Low pay, slow ramp up learning job function/progression

Pros

The marketing team is close knit and works hard to crush goals. There are some fabulously talented people in marketing and I am lucky to learn from them. The cross-team relationships are enviable. I've been at companies where marketing and sales don't get along, but it seems like people here are in sync and try to help each other out. There has been a lot of push to improve training and communication companywide. I salute the efforts of company leadership to be transparent.

Cons

The marketing leadership has been shaky. It seems like the team is trying its best despite the failures of management. It's a shame, since leadership takes all the credit for successes and lays the blame of failure on the "lesser" employees. We lost some really great talent last year because of this. There has been an effort to silence people who speak up. The team was told last fall to stop badmouthing management.

Pros

Internal mobility: After a year you can apply for and move to other positions within the company. Loads of people do it and it's been mutually beneficial for employees and the company. Company culture: There's heavy emphasis on collaboration and only rarely have I ever been reprimanded for asking a question. Work-life balance: Clearwater made accommodations for a personal emergency in ways that many companies would not have and for that I am eternally grateful. Fast-growing: There's a thousand different opportunities for you to 'seize the day' and set yourself apart. The company needs to do more by way of formal recognition, but management generally notices and rewards people who have initiative long-term. Team: So much of your experience depends on the team you work with and when you get put with a good team led by a good manager working at Clearwater is like walking on cloud-nine. Stable: The company has maintained profitability and growth in spite of strong headwinds affecting other companies in the tech sector. You job is pretty safe at Clearwater minus a large acquisition/merger that leads to a fundamental restructuring of the entire company. Product: Clearwater has a fantastic product. It's lightyears ahead of the competition and every indicator points to explosive, worldwide growth.

Cons

Client services and (to a lesser degree) reconciliation: Much of what is mentioned in the 'Pros' section doesn't apply. High turnover; career/work-obsessed management, always short-handed, LONG days at month-end/quarter-end. Pay: It is true that certain high-stress jobs have higher salaries, but if you thrive in a high-stress environment you are almost better off learning the ropes at Clearwater for a few years and then leaving for a job in Investment Banking where you can make much more money. Pay raises aren't enough which creates an environment where many new employees have starting salaries higher than those of their tenured peers. When taking inflation into account, I'm being paid less this year than I was two years ago! DEI/'wokeness': Employees are required to enroll in discredited and ineffective 'implicit bias' training. The CEO never hesitates to write an overtly political 'Clearwater is devastated' screed when the cultural mob demands it (as he did during the Summer of 2020 and following the repeal of Roe v Wade). Health Insurance: The company recently switched health insurance providers from a smaller regional company that has 'meh' coverage nationwide but contracts with virtually every provider in the state the company is based in to a national company that has better coverage nationwide at the expense of coverage close to home. What's worse is they literally tried to use the 'coverage overlap is over 99% nationwide, so you don't need to worry' line to employees of a company that specializes in data and statistics! LOL. I've had to switch away from two medical providers. There are THREE urgent care centers covered by our insurance in a town of nearly 100k people where I live! Back-to-office: The company recently announced a strong shift towards working back in the office. This doesn't bother me as much, but management should have chosen their words more carefully a couple of years ago when they made hybrid work sound permanent. Formal recognition: People aren't formally recognized for their outstanding work very often. There was a brief push to implement quarterly employee awards in my division but that was shelved for some reason. Our CEO does not live where the company is headquartered.

Pros

Really high end technology platform that continues to be modernized. Fast growing and profitable company and you get to work with some of the best companies in the world

Cons

Fast growing so you are expected to keep up

Pros

- Hands on Training - Inclusive teams - Generous time off and great health care packages - Great starting salaries for college graduates

Cons

- Sometimes can have over 40 hour work weeks. - Pay raises aren't as generous as starting salaries and can take a long time to move internally in different roles

Pros

Great people and teams, flexible hours

Cons

Sharp learning curve, expected to perform and exceed expectations quickly