Stay far away - Anonymous employee Engine Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, the people I worked with

Cons

I'm mostly leaving this review to make sure people aren't duped by the abundance of positive reviews. The marketing team is incentivizing people to leave good reviews on Glassdoor with hotel credits. Make sure you sort by Most Recent, read beyond just the first page, and note the tenure of the people who leave reviews. In addition, the majority of the people featured in the company photos are no longer with the company. I'm also writing to make sure that people know there have been accusations of harassment against different male leaders in the company as well as reports of extreme gender insensitivity by one very visible leader in particular. Accusers and their supporters have been asked by people team leaders to forget about them, leading to a stressful environment, a decline in mental health, and quitting completely HE has 11 "DNA" traits that they want people to exhibit, but none of them have equal weight. Will to Win will always be the priority, even if that means being toxic about how to get there. Believe the negative reviews. None of them are over exaggerations. There's no room for criticism of leaders, no clear growth path for non-sales roles, ridiculous quotas, a CEO with an enormous ego, and a VP team that enables it. Stay far away if you care about being in a safe, supportive environment where you'll want to stay for a long time. You'll only get far if you don't shake the table, don't ask questions, and just drink the kool-aid.

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Competitive base salary with commission potential when goals are met. Benefits were solid overall, and the office itself was nice. Weekly catered lunches were also a nice perk, and there were some good coworkers on the team.

Cons

Despite sometimes being positioned as hybrid, the role was fully in-office. The training program (“STP”) felt more fear-based than developmental, with constant pressure and the feeling that your job could be taken away at any point if expectations were not followed exactly. Quotas initially appeared manageable but ramped up very quickly. The structure also made it difficult to recover from a bad month because performance was tied to both monthly bookings and monthly revenue, with revenue goals heavily dependent on deals closed in previous months. Falling behind once often created a snowball effect that was nearly impossible to overcome. Lead quality and distribution were another challenge, as many leads were heavily overcalled. This made prospecting increasingly difficult and reduced the effectiveness of outreach. The office culture often felt immature and overly “bro culture” driven. Expectations changed frequently and were not always clearly communicated. There was also an expectation to work beyond normal hours, especially during training, which contributed to burnout early on. Additionally, there did not seem to be a real focus on employee development or real improvement plans. If performance slipped, employees were often simply let go rather than meaningfully coached through improvement.

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