Terrible internal growth opportunities! Stay far away - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Contentsquare Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solid Product Good pay Nice perks/benefits Great office filled with snacks Reasonable quota Fun culture

Cons

There is zero growth for SDR's to get promoted into an AE role. The amount of SDR's that have been there for 2+ years with no hopes of getting promoted to AE is concerning. Only 3 SDR's have ever been promoted to AE since they moved to the US in 2017. If you don't believe me just go check the AE's on LinkedIn and see how many of them started as SDR's internally. They had 4 SDR's all leave within the last 2 months because of this. Most will wind up leaving to go to different company with actual training and a defined path to promotion. Good company if you join as an AE, but if you're joining as an SDR in the hopes of getting promoted to an AE you'll be surely disappointed. Do yourself the favor and go join a company that will actually invest in training and developing their SDR's to be AE's and will give you a legitimate path to promotion. On top of the lack of internal growth opportunities, the current SDR managers don't even know the product! Good luck trying to get enablement from them because they are all outside hires who have put in little to no effort to actually learn the product themselves. Also, the head of sales development for the company sits overseas and is completely out of touch with the U.S. sales team.

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Contentsquare Response
5y
We appreciate the feedback and we agree with the sentiment that SDR career growth is a priority. In the past we have had 3 SDR's transition to an AE role, 2 to a Customer Success role, 1 to a Sales Ops role, several promotions to a Team Lead or Senior SDR role. Although there has been definite internal mobility we know we can continue to improve, so we are making this a top priority moving forward. Tom Meijer - VP Global Sales Development

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Cons

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Hi there. Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re glad to hear you enjoyed the hybrid flexibility in New York and received great mentorship during your time here. Over the past few years the company has gone through significant change a we've integrated multiple teams. We know that leadership transitions and evolving structures are felt by employees, and stability and clarity remain important focus areas as we continue to mature. Thank you again for having been part of the journey, and we wish you the best moving forward.
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- the people (i work with on a daily basis). i've heard some not-so-great things and reviews about people in other departments, but i'm lucky to work with great people in my department and know many kind and hard working people here. - unlimited pto - hybrid - nice offices

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there's good reason behind the overall rating of this company and % approval of the ceo are dropping. the company is not what it used to be. during the first ~6 months i thought it was so exciting and a super unique unicorn company, however, right after that you start to notice all of the things wrong with it. the overall culture also took a huge hit within the last year or so. after the last round of lay-offs, SO MANY people then left on their own because of burnout from the unorganized chaos + more money since it's fairly rare to get a significant enough raise here. i envy the people who got out before the ship sank - senior leadership who probably have no idea what we actually do beneath them aka lack of visibility and no clear path for growth - leadership changes and lay-offs left and right - LACK OF DIVERSITY.

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Contentsquare Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective and for the more than three years you’ve spent with us, especially during a time of significant change. We’ve had to make some difficult decisions over the past few years, including including organizational changes as we've merged companies, cultures, and products together into one platform. These were not taken lightly, and we recognize the impact they’ve had on teams, morale, and our employees day-to-day experience. We also hear your point around compensation. We’d encourage you to speak with your manager to better understand how salary reviews and compensation decisions are approached, salary bands, and how this connects to your role and progression. You also raise important points around leadership visibility, growth, and inclusion. We know these matter, and they’re areas we’re actively working on... particularly around making growth paths clearer and strengthening connection between leadership and teams. As a current employee, we’d encourage you to share this feedback directly with your manager (in addition to the compensation piece), connect with your People Business Partner, or take part in our annual engagement survey launching in May/ quarterly pulse surveys so it can help shape ongoing action plans. Your voice really matters in how we move forward.
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