Clickup is a great place to work!! - staff sofware engineer ClickUp Employee Review

5.0
16 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In most ways, ClickUp is my dream job. I’m compensated well, the benefits are good, the culture is positive, and I’m given interesting problems to solve. My contributions are generally recognized, both through expressions of gratitude and compensation. People in my organization are motivated by the right things and don’t play a lot of political games. ClickUp is very supportive of remote positions and makes an effort to find the best talent wherever it is. For the most part, I work normal hours, yet I’m still able to have an impact on my team and my company. The company keeps up with the times and remains on the cutting edge of software development, especially in the area of AI. There is a strong culture of learning and growth, encouraging people to go beyond their current capabilities. Opportunities exist to move into new areas and experiment with different technologies, making it an environment where innovation and professional development are both highly valued.

Cons

While our product receives significant architectural thought and attention, some of our internal systems that support the fundamentals of running the company have not received the same focus. Decisions around these systems are often made reactively to address immediate needs, without later revisiting them to ensure long-term scalability or alignment with best practices. As a result, when new urgent requests arise, business leaders may feel frustrated by delays or complexity. Addressing the underlying architectural challenges in these systems—many of which have been raised over the years—would help reduce recurring pain points and enable faster, more reliable execution in the future.

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

Work with brilliant people which is great

Cons

Leadership seems lost or either constantly changing

2.0
18 Jun 2026
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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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