8x8 Reviews

Pros

- Best Management team I have ever worked for, bar none.
- Management goes above and beyond for employees that "want" to succeed. Keyword..."WANT" I noticed a couple "ex-employees" bad mouth the sales team, but the reality is, they are ex-employees for a reason. In the 3 years that I have worked here, I can count on one hand the amount of employees that I have actually left the sales team willingly. As a matter of fact, some that have left have come back to rejoin the team. Majority of the time, sales reps are let go due to lack of performance. I have worked in sales for many different industries/companies and I have never worked for a management team that truly sincerely wants to see all their reps succeed. They give struggling reps many chances to improve themselves before actually resulting to letting them go.
- Open Door. I love how management makes everyone feel that they can voice their opinions even if it's not a good one. Most companies make you feel that you have no voice or say, but here we are able to give our feedback anytime. The process in which we function as a sales team is mostly created from everyone's feedback and opinions. Other companies I have worked for would only pretend to listen but never really took your words into consideration.
- As a sales team, we are constantly being taken care of. Whether its donuts every Thursday or full on lunches every Wednesday, management is always making sure we are happy. We receive all kinds spiffs for outstanding performance, sometimes daily. Most quota driven positions I've held in the past, never gave extra spiffs for exceeding daily/weekly/monthly goals. You either hit your goal or you don't and that's it, but not at 8x8.

At the end of the day, I personally have contemplated on whether I could get a better job or seek higher pay elsewhere. Yes, money is important and we all want it, but for me personally if you want a job that pays well especially if you're an over achiever and you're also seeking for a great work-life balance, 8x8's sales team is the place to be.

Advice to Management

Keep up the Amazing work!

Pros

Product, Growth potential, Leadership, Benefits

Advice to Management

Open feedback loops. Estaff only hears what leadership wants them to hear

Pros

- Continuous support from upper management
I have been working at 8x8 for 2 years now and not once have I felt left behind. This is largely due to not only management support but upper management constantly helping remove any barriers to success.

- Shaking the market
I have worked for large multi-billing dollar companies and I have never seen such commitment and investment into this technology from a single player. New products and new market approach seems to be 8x8's forte.

- "Flexibility" to control your own growth
Always able to be the driver. The company provides the sales team with everything needed to be successful. We even get leads handed to us, no cold calls ever! Never once did I feel like I didn't know what I was doing or was set-up to fail. I didn't know companies like this existed...

Advice to Management

- Continue supporting sales
The biggest surprise is to see how committed management is to helping sales close. I have had multiple deals that seamed impossible to close end up choosing 8x8 because management intervention.

- Recognition
I have always been recognized for performance and helping others on the floor. Please keep that the culture as it really kept me motivated.

- Sales Sales Sales
Find a way to protect us from tasks non-related to sales

Pros

A fun environment to work in, lots of learning and growth opportunity.

Pros

Pros:

Location by the SJ airport, good for South Bay people. Bonus points if you like dirty, dingy offices that were built in the 80's and not updated.

Advice to Management

-Take off the rose colored glasses and address the internal challenges and dysfunction. Stop talking about $50 stock price, it's delusional.
-Dress, and act, like professional executives.

Pros

CEO is big on investing in people
A CEO that genuinely cares
Dynamic of the company is build for people who want to lead and help make changes.
This is the place where if you have a good idea you can make it happen
A stock that is extremely undervalued so there is an upside with the company seeing the need to invest in good people and grow.

Advice to Management

Continue to listen to your people
Hold people accountable and remove the dead weight
Reward people who are trying to excel this organization.
Reform sales compensations for stronger incentives for over achievers

Pros

Management rude to customer and employees.My anxiety got so bad working there I would have panic attacks going into work, would not pay proper over time.

Pros

Dog eat dog atmosphere. Some management will pin the blame on employees for their failures. Visa holders worked many hours with no incentives. If you speak up you will be ostracized. Some department heads are bosses and not leaders. Seen very good employees leave because of this.

Pros

The communication and collaboration market is heating up! Lots of growth potential - and 8x8 has the right Team and tech to capture the market.

Advice to Management

Vik is a strong asset - regular town halls with Vik!

Pros

Excellent potential for growth with increasingly robust technology in a market that is less than 10% penetrated by the entire industry

Advice to Management

Additional focus on getting our name in front of the world would not only drive business but show employees that we are confident in our brand.