Potential! But with a glaring glitch. Chaos + Burnout - Management ClickUp Employee Review

1.0
Aug 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefits & perks are great! Truly the best I've ever had -RAK - One of the core values is Random Acts of Kindness. They give back a great deal to the community & employees in need which is cool to see being done with this kind of platform. -Remote flexibility (unless you're in SD then you're expected to go to office a couple days a week) -Love the actual product. It's easy to sell.

Cons

Oh boy, where to start.. First off, if you read the other reviews that highlight concerns I can tell you they are spot on. A MAJOR issue & pain point (the glitch) at the company is the CBO - he is inexperienced and has a massive ego and makes authoritative decisions that make little to zero sense but thinks he is an expert. He is completely unqualified for the role but remains buddies with the CEO so he hasn't been removed- I can tell you first hand that it is one of thee most talked about side conversations and pain points candidly discussed between managers but yet nobody dares to highlight it directly to the CEO b/c everyone knows that the CBO will fire people that challenge him or disagree. In fact this is a pain point that has been highlighted in employee surveys & other reviews that went out but instead of addressing it, they PROMOTED HIM into a different role which was ridiculous and made the CEO lose a lot of credibility and trust. -There are actually a couple folks still at the top with limited experience running things in circles that are nice people but lack the strategic business sense and experience so they waste a lot of time and resources trying to constantly re-invent the wheel- they are task minded - not business savvy so put these folks in execution roles. A lot of turnover lately - loosing a lot of really good people & management mostly to burnout & poor executive leadership. Micro-management in many roles

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some smart, ambitious people who you can learn a lot from.

Cons

This place is an unstable, toxic mess, and leadership is largely to blame. The C-suite is full of egos and seems to make goals and quotas up out of thin air, then cleans up the fallout from poor planning and overhiring with layoffs. There have been three company-wide mass layoffs in less than four years, and that doesn’t even include the many layoffs that have happened quietly behind closed doors. The toxicity at the top trickles down through the entire organization. VPs put pressure on middle management, who then pass that pressure on to ICs. The company can’t seem to keep leaders in place for more than six months, which creates constant chaos and confusion. Strategies are always changing, priorities shift every few months, and nothing ever sticks long enough to make a real impact. Promotions seem to be based more on politics, favoritism, and who can make the most noise than on actual performance. The same people get promoted year after year, and many of them seem underqualified for the titles they hold. If you’re good at self-promotion and have the right relationships, you’ll probably do fine. If you’re quietly doing great work, don’t expect the same recognition. HR keeps saying they’re working on improving the promotion process, but I haven’t seen much change. If you’re considering joining the GTM org (especially the operational side) I would think twice. The new leadership loves to talk about transformation, improvements, and exciting changes, but there’s usually very little follow through behind the messaging.

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