Great place to be - Senior Software Engineer ServiceNow Employee Review

5.0
Mar 7, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

(My experience relates to the San Diego campus in Software Engineering) I really enjoy working at SN, people are nice, the work is interesting and challenging. I've had very busy weeks but also some very light weeks. It seems WLB varies teams to teams but from my experience it has been good, and usually take more than 4 weeks for vacations per year. Company always has been remote friendly but since the pandemic it has been remote first. With that comes the good and the bad. If you like WFH, then this is great! ServiceNow has tremendous future opportunities and if the execution keep on being successful, the quick growth will continue.

Cons

We have a big campus in India, although I always had good experiences working with colleagues over there, if a project needs fast paced collaboration you are needed to have meetings really early morning or late evening (California - India time difference) Avoid being on those projects if that's not your cup of tea! On the Engineering side, I've only worked on Platform teams but talking with folks from application teams it seems like working on the platform is more interesting/challenging. If you're looking for that, I'd go for Platform.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Great culture - Good pay - Leadership reasonability connected to employees (although recently it's changing for the worse) - Choose your growth pace: Great place to grow at a more relaxed pace or more frenetic pace

Cons

- Hard to get remote position nowadays - Could have better pay

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

ServiceNow had a differentiated platform and products. Early on the culture had a startup energy that was rare for a company this size collaborative teams, ownership, and a sense that people actually cared about outcomes. Working with large enterprise customers on complex workflows was interesting work.

Cons

The ServiceNow I joined was a different company. As headcount increased, so did the bureaucracy, layers, and friction that rewarded politics over execution. The layoffs of the last few years were handled poorly little transparency, inconsistent communication, and decisions that felt made far above with little thought for the people affected. The "cost optimization" messaging rang hollow against continued executive spending. For a company that sells workflow and people process tools, the irony of a chaotic RIF wasn't lost on anyone in the field or on customers. Leadership political dynamics were real. The right team, the right manager you had cover. Performance alone didn't protect you.

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