Big aspirations...lack luster execution - Anonymous employee Docusign Employee Review

3.0
Jan 11, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easily the best product I've sold with some of the brightest people making it happen from a product perspective. Some decent perks and not a ton of red tape you see at other larger organizations. Still pre-IPO and equity is still pretty generous.

Cons

Pay and benefits aren't competitive. Almost zero process followed by lack of communication across different departments make it feel the right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing. The sales organization is cut-throat..you either produce or you're gone. And don't expect anyone to help you as there is a lack of good training and mentoring. And the company direction is misguided as all the money goes to sales instead of infrastructure and support. Product isn't able to keep up demand as a result of very little investment to create new SKUs.

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Docusign Response
10y
Thanks for giving the product and the equity grants a thumbs up. Sounds like you see some opportunities for improvement in the areas that you have visibility into and we hope you are bubbling up ideas either to your manager(s) and / or HR to address these. Michael Erisman is working across departments on an uber-training strategy. Please consider sharing your thoughts with him. He is based in Seattle.

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Cons

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Docusign Response
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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
Apr 9, 2026
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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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