The cons of Workato all stem from leadership. They preach being humble but openly display their ego for the team to see. They let ego and office politics drive all his business decisions, including ignoring any feedback from the team. Workato also sells a product that creates alignment across teams, yet the team has very little alignment or even an idea of what other teams are doing. Marketing and sales don't talk, sales and product rarely connect on what customers are saying and the outbound team was moved to a an office in SF (to benefit certain leadership) even though many of those individuals lived near the headquarters in San Mateo. The lack of transparency, care, and leadership for the outbound team has caused 40% of the original team to quit. Growth is non-existent at the company, and its become a running joke to put in your two weeks to get the promotion they guaranteed month over month. To manipulate/alter this idea they give individuals title promotions (team lead, Inbound manager, revops) while making it clear its a title change and nothing more as the function of the role is the exact same. Even though these employees are the foundation of the company's success and growth, leadership still believes these employees are lucky to work for them, not that leadership is lucky to have such hard working individuals. When a company gets to a stage where individuals are thinking about leaving within their first few months, and end up leaving by a year, its a clear sign that there's a problem. If you're considering Workato, do your due diligence and research. Reach out to individuals on linkedin that work for the team, or individuals that left the company as they will give you an honest response (Don't just take what they tell you). Maybe look into competitors like Tray.io as they are booming and hiring too. Speaking from experience you don't want to work for leadership whom takes credit for what you achieve, whom manipulates employees through tactics like "As Your Friend/We think this would be best for your career", or whom tells you everything you want to hear but will only execute on what's best for them. Time is pivotal to your career and you don't want to waste a minute where you're not valued for what your bring, only for what they want you to do.
