6sense reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(648 total reviews)
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Chris Ball

83% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

6sense has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 648 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 6sense employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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648 reviews
2.0
Jan 19, 2023

Bait & Switch

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have met some of the nicest, smartest, most impressive people while working at 6sense. Truly a wonderful group of people. Pay and benefits are pretty good (although the 401K matching sucks).

Cons

This place has been a complete bait and switch since Day 1. Nearly everything I was told during the interview process and shortly after being hired quickly changed - suddenly all the resources that were raved about were gone or entirely insufficient, budget for additional headcount vanished, onboarding was truly atrocious. This company completely lacks focus; it's like chasing squirrels on crack. You can never get a definitive answer on anything, priorities change daily, there is little to no support from management, etc. If you point out an issue or concern you're gaslit and told not to worry about it. There is very little transparency from the ELT and they often lie directly to staff (i.e. CEO specifically said there would not be a layoff, only for us to lose 130+ people a couple weeks later). There is a VERY distinct separation between people hired in the last 1-2 years and the "Old Crew" who have been here since the early days. Unless you're in the latter, consider yourself disposable. Don't be fooled by the "family" values, obnoxiously peppy Town Halls, and the occasional swag; this place is a textbook example of toxic positivity. Run.

1.0
Apr 25, 2016

Wouldn't Recommend

Anonymous employee
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Pros

interesting space with intriguing concept of predictive technology

Cons

The technology is not ready to scale and hasn't been able to win new customers on a consistent basis. Demand is also lacking. These technology/demand challenges might be acceptable, especially in a start-up environment if all other things were right. However, the company culture has been detrimental to the majority of people's willingness to embrace these challenges and most people seem to be operating out of fear of leadership rather than motivation. It's been my experience that there is a major disconnect between the senior leadership club and everyone else, especially with leaderships constant bantering of how great everything is. Facts speak louder than words so I am just one data point but I would imagine any candidate who does their diligence on the turnover the past 6 months might question why? It feels like most people are being told what to do, rather than inspired to do. Also, the CEO's backhanded response to another HONEST review is a common MO of not letting people have a voice. As far as the CEOs assertion that there are so many other positive reviews, I might suggest there was a specific edict at the company off-site to have executives write reviews.... This is why the majority of them all happening on two specific days vs osmotically over time as you see on most sites.

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6sense Response
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I'm truly sorry your experience is or was not positive. I strive every day to make this an incredibly special place where people feel loved and heard and work together for a common goal with heart and passion. I appreciate you may not have felt that way, if there is ever anything we can do every 6sensor knows I have a very open door policy. I mean that with all my heart. However a few of your statements are patently untrue. > We did not cancel gym memberships for a juice cleanse. They were about 9 months apart from one another. One day I was ordering a juice cleanse for myself and thought 'how about I offer to any 6sensor that wants to join me.' About 20 of our 40 employees at the time took me up on it, and we got great feedback from those who participated. This was not a “company” mandate - just a fun offering. > We agree we had too few bathrooms and we just put in a new one. It took a bit of time to get through the approvals and construction process – so greatly appreciated. > We also took note of your feedback that the kitchen was dirty and brought in a cleaner more frequently. > Calvin's snacks. This is just silly. Calvin has maybe 2 bags of snacks. The "Passionate Positive FAMILY" (fun, accountability, mindful, integrity, love, and YES) value statement is something we are all incredibly proud of. We created this as a team at the offsite. I intentionally chose to be the scribe and not participate in giving ideas on what our values would be as I wanted them to come from the team. We now strive to emulate them daily, while recognizing someone others for embodying our values. That said, I understand if they don't resonate with everyone. And appreciate and respect your opinion. Happy to chat about it with you to see if perhaps there is a better way to unite on 'who we are' as a team.
2.0
Feb 23, 2023

B-U-R-N-O-U-T

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some kind and smart people. Decent product.

Cons

This place the definition of BURNOUT. Our CMO throws a million curve balls, last minute scrambles, nothing ever feels good enough and cross collaboration has been messy for awhile as well. The sales and cs leaders are no better. Nothing is ever good enough and there are last minute asks all the time or being made to feel like more-more-more-more needs to be done when there’s already so much. Our new Chief People Officer has done some things that help with the culture which I’ve appreciated but the leadership overall has been uninspiring. Inspiring does not equal 'you rock go sell more and do more even though we already know you're all so burnt out'. Don’t get me started on slack…the most overwhelming slack culture I’ve ever been part of. I should be able to step away for lunch and not feel like I’ve missed 38 things and am behind. I don’t even have time to be part of what ERGs have survived because I’m so burnt out that I just want to close my computer at the end of the day.

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