Great product... but VERY poorly run company - Anonymous employee ClickUp Employee Review

1.0
27 Jan 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive product in a competitive space. It's one of the better, if not best, productivity tool to use as an end user. Some great people at ClickUp. They do a great job attracting top talent. It really is a fun group to work with. They have some of the best creative and marketing content out there.

Cons

This company has a MASSIVE executive leadership problem. They hire really smart, talented, experienced department leaders then micromanage them or force them into aligning with poor corporate strategy. CEO is a narcissist, CBO has little to no EQ and no business being a people leader. Together they puppet the rest of the leadership team and ultimately the company. Most employees see right through it but are too smart to say anything. Put up or get out is a harsh reality here. Tons of great leaders have left because of this. Decisions are made with little to no logic, and rarely with the employees best interest in mind. Communication may be the worst of everything. Weird communication standards set by the CEO including the required use of emojis. Huge over-communication problem. You spend half your day answering the same things across multiple channels. Literally consumes most of your day. Reprimanded and threatened if you don't keep up with it or miss communications. It's literally the most unproductive thing I've seen at a company (ironic) DE&I is not a focus at all. If you're not a nerdy bro, you're probably not going to fit in or be respected by the execs.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Lots of opportunity to affect change. Solid product.

Cons

Typical industry problems, no unique cons.

2.0
18 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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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