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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Dec 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Depending on the team you get assigned to, the hours tend to be reasonable. Expect ~40 hour work weeks for most teams with a bit more depending on the team. This can vary depending on the team, but after several years of working at ServiceNow, weekend work was fortunately rare. Many teams use Scrum and there is a lot of maturity in their processes. Typically people self-assign work. The work can vary between development work, working on customer issues, and investigating and fixing bugs. Expect it to take a year to come up to speed and really get a good grasp of the product. The work is fairly interesting and the product itself is extremely flexible. The stock, while I was there doubled in value and bonuses were given out every 3 months. There was never a quarter where there wasn't a bonus. The gym in San Diego is pretty nice. They were good about providing the tools needed to do your job. Ask for a wide monitor.

Cons

After several years of working there I never received a raise (not even a cost of living increase) despite good reviews. I received no additional stock after the original offer. There was no indication from management above my boss that they thought I was valuable. In fact, getting 85% of your bonus is considered doing exactly what you should be doing. This means, that if they offer you 10% of your salary as a bonus, you should actually expect to receive 8.5%. Middle management on the development side comes across as unpleasant and I avoided contacting them when at all possible. While there are some middle managers that are easy to get along with, generally I did not want any interaction with them. The company in general is all about the stock price. Don't ask about 401k matching, they won't consider it (and will give you a lippy response). Unlike other places I've worked, they also don't seem particularly interested in talent retention. Beyond not giving raises/stock etc, they also don't have much in the way of groups to join, volunteer work, etc... You won't find groups for people of color, women, LGBT (though they did have a running group).

1.0
Feb 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock is at an all time high, good training. They are really trying to improve Manager development.

Cons

Lots of good old boy club in sales organization from Dell EMC and Salesforce - especially 2nd line leader and above. Need to fight to get diverse candidates in the interview pools and on interview panels. But why bother? They don't want anyone who challenges their thinking or thinks or acts differently than they do. Lots of brown nosing and blatant upward management vs taking care of your team who takes care of the customer. Pushing "initiatives" down the organization to look like they are doing something is prevalent, Very little thought or explanation to these projects is given to make it easy for an individual contributor to execute.

1.0
Nov 29, 2019

Think hundred times before joining here!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only reason why one has to work over there is Salary which a way beyond market average and Stocks (remember that you have to be like a slave for 4 years) that comes with a 4 year lock-in. And, it is very obvious that they pay such a high salaries as their work environment is totally polluted and somehow they need to hold employees.

Cons

Not a good place at all until and unless you work as a slave for the teams in US. Leaders have no clue on how to drive an engaging culture and dynamic work environment. Teams in US leverage that to their advantage.

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