InsideView Employee Reviews about "competitive market"

Cons

There is a bias between feature and non-feature teams in engineering. Accountability, availability and process adherence like estimation, release plan, interteam collaboration practices should be common for all. However on the floor, only feature teams are questioned to follow it strictly. Other teams get a free hand. Feature teams need to integrate half-stable, not-tested code done by other teams still expected to meet deadlines. There is no accountability from such teams in delivering final product to customer. There are availability issues and they are not easy to approach either and still they are praised as heroes and pillars of InsideView.

Cons

1. While trying to be profitable company, there were some budget constraints decisions (smaller teams, slower development) Hopefully with the latest aquisition by Demandbase, this should not be a problem

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Barely growing, Saturated market, lack of innovation with existing solutions

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Potrero Hill is kind of nowhere. Would be better if it were downtown or SOMA.

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Sexually abusive work environment, particularly from one C-Suite executive. I often found that HR was extremely negligent. In multiple instances, certain HR employee went out of his or her way to defend this certain individual, most likely to defend his or her own job security. Being a woman that has experienced various industries at multiple companies, I can assuredly say that the harassment issue at InsideView is unparalleled to anything I've ever experienced. While the company did provide flexible work hours, this doesn't justify the below market pay AND limited opportunities to advance professionally within the organization. Despite the cons associated with InsideView, I will still admit I became very close with a few colleagues and still keep in touch with them till this day. This certainly is a case where one bad apple, particularly at the top of the food chain, tainted a company that had a ton of potential, but was never able to hits its stride given management's priorities weren't aligned with the intent of doing the right thing. With all this being said, I met a lot of great people here, BUT the instances of sexual harassment have impacted me (and my family) to lengths I cannot describe. Further, even knowing this certain individual still remains at the company, I can only question the morals associated with others who CLEARLY know this is an issue.

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It’s amazing to see that there is great diversity in terms of gender in leadership but the lack of any minorities in authority is a bit concerning.

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1. Internal politics/fevoratism 2. Not in a strategy to get fundings, looking only for profitability, so don't expect any employee engagement or fecilities Above two reasons are cause for people leaving from company

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Distributed workforce (US and India) can pull at both sides of the clock if you don’t manage your time. (Somewhat inevitable in today’s global workforce.) Recently there’s been a good bit of discomfort and unhappiness in the sales organization. New CRO is no nonsense, direct, and focused on business outcomes. The change is constructive and required… but change is hard.

Cons

There really aren't many cons. But you need to be prepared to work hard. That doesn't mean crazy hours or weekend work, it just means being super productive and accomplishing a ton. Part of the culture is work hard, play hard (e.g. drop everything at 4pm on Friday for our weekly happy hour) but this is not a place to come play ping pong. You also need to be agile. The markets we are playing in are rapidly evolving, as are customer needs and competitors. So one constant at InsideView (other than an awesome culture) is change. So you've got to be adaptable and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Cons

Fast pace of company and market can be stressful