ServiceNow reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(5,668 total reviews)
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Bill McDermott

92% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

ServiceNow has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,668 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The ServiceNow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Oct 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Excellent colleagues -Remote work -Flexible schedules -At first, they were generous with free gifts -Fred Luddy, the founder who retired a few years ago, was the kindest, most generous, and most caring person I have ever encountered, especially professionally. He genuinely wanted his employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance and to explore and find where they fit best at the company. He did not want to lose employees. He preferred to acknowledge their talent and interests and help them find a way to combine both at ServiceNow.

Cons

Since Bill McDermott took over -Employees are overworked and underpaid. The company is hemorrhaging employees and the people who stay are drowning in work and constantly expected to work well outside of business hours. Industry recruiters admit they have been hearing that from candidates who recently left ServiceNow. -There is no employee handbook and employees must dig through layers upon layers within the employee portal to reach vague information that rarely proves to be useful. There are also very few SOPs. Those that exist are usually outdated. -What is said and what is done do not tell the same story. The business is expanding vigorously. The employees, the shareholders, and the board are told the profits are soaring, but, there has been a hiring freeze for at least 2 years and even backfilling positions is prohibited. -Receiving urgent calls or messages from managers who have not been trained on the business processes of their employees and do not have access to the systems used by employees (they have a choice) between 11pm and 3am is not uncommon. -The company advertises unlimited PTO, but limits most employees to 3 weeks. C-suite executives are granted unlimited PTO. -Advancement and pay increases are only awarded once a year. -It was recently announced that, due to new criteria, employees will be taking on significantly increased workloads for the same pay, while promotions and pay increases will be limited to the point of practically not existing. Meanwhile, a Google-esque showpiece building was just built at the headquarters site to impress customers. -C-suite staff and their direct reports have been leaving at a noticeable rate. Interpret that as you will. -Consider the parable of the emperor who has no clothes.

1.0
Apr 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

learning how to work at a software company with other people that work at software companies

Cons

- Superficially helpful people: i.e. people refusing to assist even if it is their primary job function, redirect to others who do the same, or in more frequent scenarios just ignoring people. Lots of internal finger pointing and trash talking other teams/people, overall this is becoming a toxic work environment. - Poor management and leadership: lack of guidance and investment in direct reports. I've been in scenarios where my years of experience, level of relationship with client and basic common sense have been ignored by my management repeatedly, only to get in front of the next level of leadership or the client and be eviscerated for not having prepped the very thing I tried to but was shut down over and over. - Lack of basic courtesy within groups: the level of unprofessionalism and rudeness I've experienced is unbelievable and too frequent from different individuals to not be a reflection of the culture. We are all here to get our jobs done and we don't have to be a**holes to each other to do that, stop being nasty and treat people with the same respect you would like to receive.

1.0
Sep 11, 2019

Cronyism and discrimination

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None that I personally experienced.

Cons

Rampant cronyism and people being fired at a moment’s notice for political reasons. I was discriminated against on a project due to my age, race and appearance. Nothing of course that I could prove in court, just heard second hand from a colleague I trust who was flabbergasted. But then again, that’s how discrimination is done, isn’t it? They don’t come out and tell you why you’re being discriminated against, do they?

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