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Cornerstone OnDemand

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Cornerstone OnDemand reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(1,961 total reviews)
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Himanshu Palsule

45% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Cornerstone OnDemand has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,961 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cornerstone OnDemand employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

The people by far were the reason I stayed at the company for so long. Working with people who helped be part of the solution rather than part of the problem was exciting and fun. Working to solve issues together and collaboratively supporting each other was a great way to drive cross functional collaboration and success,

Cons

Senior leadership is a constant turnover with consistent pivots in strategy and direction before there was time to test if something was working. WIth consistent reductions in force, teams have found it hard to stay motivated and unclear as to what the current strategy is. Decisions are made with little context or reasoning to the middle management layer which causes dissatisfaction across the frontline teams. Comp plans were often delayed, incorrectly paid and something we had to spend a ton of time figuring out if we were getting paid correctly or missing something.

1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a very good company with supportive colleagues. Provided decent pay as per market standards. Used to have a great work culture.

Cons

In 2021 before new CEO joined CSOD had an overall glassdoor rating of around 4.0 star and an approve of CEO of 85%. The overall rating today has dropped to 3.2 star and approve of CEO has dropped to 45%. The numbers speak for themselves. CEO and CDO turned company into a pool of mass layoffs. Same pattern seen every year. Company culture has kept deteriorating ever since new CEO joined in 2022. They have beencutting cost left and right. More and more benefits being taken away in the name of cost cutting. At first they took away internet re-imbursement, then they took away sabattical, then no more team outings. Senior Managers had to pay from their own pockets to maintain equality of budget among remote employees and employees working in office locations. This should have been approved and arranged by company leadership itself. Very poor leadership and terrible executive decisions. Heard this year there were no appraisals at all.

2.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Historically had a great culture of smart, nice people working to deliver solutions that solved real-world issues for organizations.

Cons

After 2 years of missing quota Q over Q and blaming on it everyone else- the CRO is still there??? His GVP of direct sales has 0 emotional intelligence. Sadly a toxic culture in pockets (still some pockets are good).

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