Other companies have tried to recruit me out of Meraki and I refuse to leave. That's how awesome it is here! - Account Executive Meraki Employee Review

5.0
Jun 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Quotas are highly attainable; consistently, the majority of the sales force exceeds their individual quota. Uncapped commissions, which means people are making money! The compensation is pretty fair, but not the highest in the market. Not so stressful on the sales side as most companies. Advocate promoting from within (none of the ISR Managers are from outside; they were all once ISR's themselves who did well and were promoted and there are other positions to be promoted into if you want another path). Intelligent people! Ivy-league school grads, top performers from Google, Cisco and other competitors, speaks 4+ languages, etc. Just all around good people to be around. Excellent products (Google was one of our first customers and are now one of Meraki's investors). The product sells itself. Meraki won tech award of the yr 2012 by InfoWorld. Mini Google atmosphere, light and fun and you can be yourself; work hard, play hard. We have a "make a wish" button on our dash board where we can put in suggestions and many times, they do come true! For instance, someone suggested we get our whole rooftop designed and it happened quickly and now it's a great place to hang for lunch or a beer after work. Perks: Meraki does treat its employees very well. I've worked for another start up and a Fortune 50 company and have never been treated this well... 100% company paid medical, dental and vision insurance, healthy, free catered lunches and free breakfast, snacks and drinks. Bring your dog to work. Company paid ski trips. Clubs like soccer, softball, cycling, etc. Stock options, which is great because no doubt, Meraki will go public! 3 on 3 lunches, which is really cool; every Tues/Thurs you could go out to lunch with 2 other ppl in diff depts to get to know your peers outside of your dept and the company will reimburse! Ping pong, etc.

Cons

These are things which can definitely be fixed in the future: No 401K match (yet?). Very difficult to find parking after 8am. We're not in the SOMA or Mission Bay where most hot start-ups should be. More team bonding events; not just happy hour, but things like bowling at Lucky Strikes again, etc.

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Cons

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Pros

If you are early in career or transitioning, the NSE role is great way to get your feet wet with networking. You have opportunities to learn more in other IT domains as well but not as intensely. When you are off, you are off. No being on call. There are tons of resources and opportunity for you to train and learn. The benefits are some of the best. If you work near a Meraki office, take the opportunity to go, it is worth it. The San Franciso office is the best. There is plenty of documentation public and internal facing. There is a process for handling cases that have no documentation which is very nice. You are not alone on this job ever.

Cons

Being an NSE day to day can become tedious. Most customers are fine, but you will eventually run into one that is difficult to work with. Everything is based on your stats like talk time and customer satisfaction which can be problematic at times. I left because there were no opportunities to move on to a different role. Cisco proper is pulling in the reigns tightly on Meraki, so the culture is changing not for the better. Being in the call queue all day can be tedious especially when it gets backed up and you do not get your scheduled down time. In the US you will have to work weekends occasionally unless you get someone to cover which is becoming harder and harder due to change in overtime policies.

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