Never so happy to be moving on - Anonymous employee Pegasystems Employee Review

2.0
May 24, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of fond memories and solid people over the years. Unfortunately, many people have left in the last few years and those that remain are either either very rigid in their ways or completely incompetent and unqualified (many new hires).

Cons

Tech is unnecessarily complex and cumbersome. The BPM tools are commoditized and the AI tools are severely limited. Clients have caught on to this and many are leaving Pega behind for more flexible solutions. Pega's "no code" paradigm is complete nonsense. All but the most simplest of tasks require dozens of mouse clicks or custom Activities. Turnover is a big problem. There was a huge turnover right before COVID in 2019, then people stayed for the most part during 2020. We've seen a huge rush for the exits in the last 18 months. Many people are fed up with the pay structure, incompetent management, and product deficiencies. Major problems with the software and codebase have existed for YEARS and are never fixed. You spend more time learning all of the landmines to avoid, rather than building constructive solutions. If you're in sales or consulting, make sure you have a solid account list before joining. Unless you have major whale accounts in any of the key verticals, you are never going to make a fraction of your quota and are wasting your life here. The recent Appian debacle is a complete embarrassment and is hypocritical on so many levels. Agree with a few other recent posts – CEO should really move on. They tried with Hayden (absolute disaster). At some point, you have to wonder when he will throw in the towel and position Pega as an acquisition target, particularly now that the stock is in the toilet.

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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are fantastic, genuinely good people to work with. Strong reputation and company performance. Decent pay and benefits.

Cons

Office culture can be challenging as departments are siloed. Complex org structure.

3.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Well-established software company with a very large customer base. - Great benefits. - Good CEO, CFO/COO, and CISO. - There are a lot of good, intelligent, hard-working people at this company. - Overall, a decent place to work.

Cons

All cons of working at Pega depend on the reporting organization you report to. - Culture can be toxic in both the US and India, depending on the reporting organization. - Depending on your reporting organization, metadata associated with anonymous employee voice surveys is scrutinized to identify individuals and take action. - Depending on your reporting organization, staff in India may be treated poorly and pressured to work excessive hours, even during holidays/festivals. - Depending on your reporting organization, employee reviews can be heavily influenced by personal bias and lack objectivity. - Depending on your reporting organization, leadership may have noticeable deficiencies or an inappropriate level of subject-matter expertise. - Working at the company feels like you have taken a step back 10-20 years in time. - Due to the lack of use of common modern off-the-shelf agile project management, productivity, and ticketing tools, productivity is hampered (and at times prohibitive) by internally developed, stovepiped solutions that are buggy, slow, and 10-20 years behind their off-the-shelf counterparts. If you speak out against the use of the homegrown tools, they will give you a "drink the Kool-Aid" answer. If you persist with your criticism, your career opportunities will be limited.

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