The Best Worst Job - Client Success Cvent Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Cvent does a great job of hiring ambitious and motivated college grads. I’m still very close with my old colleagues. The event industry can be fun with travel opportunities. Cvent’s event planning team always does an awesome job.

Cons

You salary will not be enough to live in the Northern Virginia area. If you live at home, you’ll be okay; otherwise, you’ll be living paycheck to paycheck. You could make more working at a non-profit or as a teacher in Northern Virginia, yet Cvent brags about its path to being a billion dollar company. Most middle managers are micro managers and will breath down your neck at every moment. There are some managers who are great but most managers fall into the category of “Reasons you will be leaving this job” Event planners are sociopaths so prepare for the most frazzled and unprofessional clients you will ever meet. The recruiters lie about as much as the sales team does, so get ready for false expectations from beginning to end. Cvent is treats employees like a revolving door and knows every year that a new batch will be coming.

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5.0
Mar 2, 2026
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Pros

Great people and the job was fun.

Cons

Did not get paid what I’m worth. Not flexible in pay. Kept in the dark regarding pay for a long time.

1.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

I tried to come up with one, but simply cannot.

Cons

The pay and benefits are well below industry standards. Cvent loves to talk about being a SaaS industry leader, and in the same sentence offer you "benefits" from the 90s (accrued PTO, vesting 401k, etc). The OTEs are a good 30-40% below industry standards as well. OTE obviously it not everything, but it comes with a complimentary bogus commission plan. Sold a big deal in Q1 that gets you to 200% for the quarter? Hope you enjoy getting only 125% of that. They hang on to the rest to pay you out on any underperforming quarters, which is paternalistic and does not respect the time value of the money you earned. My other primary complaint is the abysmal culture. Granted, Cvent's goal is certainly to create an army of employees who never talk negatively of the company and praise its every move. So congrats to them, they have largely achieved this. For those of us who can see past this facade, it is a dark reality. They still refer to themselves as a family, which I thought companies had learned long ago was something you should not do. I also witnessed a whole auditorium of employees stand and clap for the CEO when he came on stage, which was so dystopian and disturbing. Both of these points can best be summarized by when I shared my critique of the new commission plan with a sales leader. We were not given our Q1 quotas/commission plans until well after the quarter was complete, which is a failure on so many levels. When I gave this feedback, I was told its "just a small step back for the company on the march towards the company's revenue goal." No rep should be asked to sacrifice their own success and financial planning for the benefit of their corporate overlords. If you are in SaaS sales, please look elsewhere.

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