Passive Aggressive - Messy Org Structure - High Turnover - Anonymous employee SugarAI Employee Review

1.0
8 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. Free snacks 2. Quarterly Outings

Cons

Managers are very passive aggressive. They can smile and act friendly in front of you but talk badly behind your back. I witnessed myself this manager using unnecessary words to describe people in different department. I wouldn't be surprised if he did the same thing to his own department. Lots of bad vibes all around. People are not open and are always cautious with each other. Definitely not the environment you want to work in. In addition, the organization structure is very messy due to high turn overs. There's always new managers, new employees and it seems that this is the norm for this company. Its hard to find someone who has a good understanding of the business. And if you do, that person is very egoistic and will tune you out if you are not liked.

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5.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

1. High strategic visibility 2. Opportunity to build leadership muscles 3. Freedom to create

Cons

1. Operating sometimes at a higher level than title 2. Filling multiple gaps simultaneously in the organization due to it being a smaller company

5.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best part of Sugar has always been, and continues to be the people - we hire and value people who are autonomous, process improvement-minded, passionate and collaborative. It has been exciting seeing how we invest in AI as a tool and form of development for teammates so we are comfortable and knowledgeable about the impact it can make in our daily lives, and by extension, for our customers. I've seen an increase in employee recognition, with concrete examples celebrating how and why the teammate made a difference. I think we have really great benefits with affordable health, Unlimited PTO, flexible wellness program. Absolutely love how international we are and seeing people share their holidays and celebrations. And then looking forward, SugarAI is re-defining our positioning and category in the market - moving away from CRM (system of record) and pioneering Procession Selling which focuses on proactive guidance. Exciting to be a part of a company that is pioneering a new category in our industry.

Cons

The groundwork to relaunch has included critically assessing our systems/processes, investing in a new vision and executive team, priortizing different skills (e.g. expansion in CS, AI in Eng/Product, operationalizing vision in C-suite), getting honest about what is/is not working based on data/metrics and in a word - change. I would be lying if I said the changes haven't been frustrating or unfortunate to portions of our employee population - but the reason why I am still here, soliciting and advocating for people to join is because I truly believe in our vision and have a ton of faith in the executive team who are more ambitious, structured, scrappy and knowledgeable than we have ever had before. In a nutshell - we are going through growing pains, but we already see the green shoots indicating we are on the right path, and I think the next part is the exciting bit where we execute and watch our work disrupt the industry.

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