Q&A With Puppet Employees
Here at Puppet, we’re passionate about helping both our customers and our employees love their jobs, do meaningful work, and achieve a healthy work-life balance. Working for Puppet may be just the breath of fresh air your career needs. We’re driven and collaborative, creative and disciplined. We're experimental, brave, open and communicative. We argue, give each other credit, share company metrics and lunch on weekly basis. We prefer Google Docs to PowerPoint, and you'll have a big screen on your sit-stand desk.
How employees describe working at Puppet
Miserable place to work with no visibility to career progression or even a successful product
I've been at Puppet for over five years and this is our 3rd CEO. I feel more confident having Yvonne in the CEO role than any one previously.
I’ve found the leaders to be accessible and lots of opportunity to grow. I work with incredibly smart and hard working individual
Review from Marketing Dept
Early days were great, where it was clear what the direction of the company was, and everyone was excited about the journey. Now it's very much throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what sticks, making employees uncertain on direction and end goals.
Review from Engineering Dept
I loved my role and my coworkers but promotions and recognition for your work were non-existent.
What it's like to work at Puppet
- Puppet employees generally work 8.8 hrs a day
- Employees at Puppet report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Puppet have 4+ meetings
- 89% of Puppet employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Puppet employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 85% of Puppet employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Puppet employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 74% of Puppet employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Puppet Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 40
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Puppet?
Get rid of siloed, land-grab mentalities.
What do you like best about the leadership team at Puppet?
Very open and optimistic.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Puppet?
Tons of meetings with unclear goals/agendas, diffuse authority,
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Puppet?
A recognition from leadership that there are several kinds of cultures in the building with their own styles and preferences.
What is the best part about your compensation package at Puppet?
Generous pay
What do employees at Puppet think about their benefits?
Puppet employees rate their overall benefits a B and most of them think the perks are Good. 71% of Puppet employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $500 -$1000/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at Puppet?
47% of the same employees also feel like Puppet is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Puppet.
How are the managers at Puppet?
Puppet employees rate their manager a B- or 72/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (63%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Puppet?
Puppet employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B- or 72/100. 81% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 88% of employees get raises every year.








