Great Culture. Strong Executive Leadership. Bad Manager. - SDR Confluent Employee Review

2.0
Jul 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-Great company culture. Smart and friendly co-workers. Supportive work environment. -Strong executive leadership who care about the people. -Massive addressable market, lots of opportunities for growth. -Great benefits and compensation. Flexible PTOs, free lunch, work from home.

Cons

-Manager has no experience or interest in developing, coaching or helping the team. -He is more concern about his own targets, has no idea on how to help the reps succeed. -Only appears when it's near quarter-end to chase reps to set more meetings. -More than half the team have not met their targets. Team morale has become very low. -Not open to feedback, loves to micro-manage, and often shoots down good ideas/initiatives. -Praise reps who hit their targets through questionable practices.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Great product, strong leadership, and talented people across the organization. Excellent place to learn enterprise SaaS sales and grow quickly as an SDR. Supportive team culture, good training, and a fast-paced environment with many opportunities to work with large global accounts. Strong compensation and career development opportunities for high performers.

Cons

Since the IBM acquisition, there has been uncertainty around the future structure and career path for SDRs. Communication could be more transparent regarding organizational changes, promotion opportunities, and long-term strategy for the SDR organization.

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