MuleSoft reviews

3.8

54% would recommend to a friend

(588 total reviews)
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Brent Hayward

77% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

MuleSoft has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 588 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MuleSoft employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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588 reviews
2.0
Dec 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Product has the right market fit One of the best Sales teams in the valley Office is pretty nice

Cons

The Product team changed leadership in early 2016. Since then 10 members of the PM team (8 PMs, 1 UX and 1 Docs) have left, and 5 key engineering leaders have left. All mostly because of the CPO. He publicly humiliates people, berates them, and mocks people and teams in their absence. He refuses to listen and tries to play the 'alpha male' in which he seems to have the best opinions and answers. I have personally witnessed the culture shift in the PM organization, and am very sad to say it's going to take the company down if not addressed.

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MuleSoft Response
9y
When a friend told me about this review, I have to say I was kind of shocked. I've been at MuleSoft in the Product org for 4+ years, and I've worked with our CPO since he joined this year. I've been in countless meetings with him and have never seen him humiliate or berate any publicly or privately. If he was as you described, I agree it would be a major problem. As you can imagine, I care deeply about our culture and I've lived through the changes you mention. Yes, there have been some departures as the organization has changed with Mark's new direction. Going from a small Product org to a larger one, at the rate of growth MuleSoft is experiencing, is hard. There's high customer demand. There's a finite rate at which you can hire. And there's a strong push for excellence in terms of quality, experience, and scale. Personally, I think our CPO has done an excellent job over the last year of really upping the bar and helping MuleSoft go to the next level. He really has been transformative for the company. I also keep in close touch with all the PMs, and overall everybody seems happy with how he's improved the overall Product org. Even when I talk with some of the people who have left, they like and respect him and were shocked at the tone of this post. I know that the leadership team would be more than happy to anonymously discuss your concerns. If that's something you're not comfortable with, please feel free to reach out to me too.
1.0
Nov 28, 2016

Sinking faster than the Titanic

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Innovative products - Technical training is very detailed and first class - Sales orientated/driven business where everything revolves around the Sales team. - Pre IPO company

Cons

- In 10+ years of working in technology I have never seen a sales team and leadership that is so naive and uneducated in how the products work and function. The sales team is lazy and will blame everyone around them for their shortcomings if they miss target and unfortunately management have the same view and will blame everyone else but the Account Managers. - Lack of leadership from the top down is critically damaging the business in all areas - culture and morale are at an all time low; leading to many high achievers leaving the organisation. - Too many politics for an office of 40-50 that again is impacting culture. - Career progression: There has not been one internal promotion across all teams in my 18-24 months at the organisation in Asia/Pacific. - The company, from my knowledge, does not do anything to give back to the community where as most established organisations will sponsor a charity or spend some amount of time helping the broader community four or five times a year. - There is little to no flexibility in working remotely even if you have young children. - No communication or direction about the strategy for the future within the APAC region.

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MuleSoft Response
9y
I am sorry that your experience with MuleSoft is not delivering what you want in terms of engagement. My time is always available to speak with you directly about the issues you are raising here. I would be delighted to work with you to understand how together we can make a difference. I have to say that the facts don't support a lot of the statements here - so perhaps there is a mismatch of expectations. The sales team and the business generally in Sydney is having a stellar year and there seems to be little reason why there is a need to 'blame' others. The recent Engagement Survey shows that whilst we always have improvements to make; by and large the team is engaged and enjoying what they do. They have great confidence in the overall leadership of the business. We also now have a team of employee's in Sydney (and indeed APAC) - known as the MulePac who are focused on making MuleSoft an even better cultural experience. This is awesome because its not management driving this on a top down approach. The turnover in staff has been at 'normal' levels and whilst its always distressing when it doesn't work out, we understand that MuleSoft is not for everyone. I hate it when it doesn't work out but it happens in any business. I can immediately think of many promotions within the team in Sydney - both in line promotions as well as promotions to leadership roles. Our AD Leader is an internal promotion; our Support leader is an internal promotion; one of our Engagement Mgr's is an internal promotion and we have many who have been promoted in line within their function. Finally, most of the team would not agree on the communications front. With weekly team meetings; monthly updates on the APAC business; bi weekly Field Radio sessions; monthly Q & A sessions with the CEO and other smaller team meetings many feel that there is almost too much communication. We can always make improvements - no one in the leadership team believes we are perfect. But feel free to come and speak to your manager or to me directly - we are always looking for feedback on how to improve. And whilst I love the passion, help us to fix what you see is not working and don't stand on the sidelines. That's being a Muley! Regards Will Bosma
5.0
Nov 22, 2016

An adventure into uncharted waters

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People are extremely hardworking, and the hiring bar is really high. In the beginning, sometimes you feel like you don't belong there because you're constantly trying to understand different methods and tools, but once you catch up and get in the groove, the rocketship has made space for you too. Since we're exploring into uncharted waters and trying to scale we're constantly trying out different methods and technology - it's exciting to keep learning new software.

Cons

Because high growth makes things a bit messy, some people might be discouraged by how things move. Either we're trying to figure out what the best technology stack is or we're seeking to implement a new process; operations may be choppy and create unnecessary bottlenecks.

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MuleSoft Response
9y
Thanks for the feedback! Career growth is definitely critical and as it's something that we've continued to place more importance on as we've grown. People should be able to grow both in their role--through challenging work, great colleagues and coaching from their manager--and beyond by moving into different roles across the company. We've started quarterly check-ins which are meant to ensure that regular career conversations are taking place and want to continue to find ways to support growth. In addition to speaking with their manager and other leaders, employees should also feel comfortable reaching out to People Ops as well.
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