It's a living - Senior Sales Development Representative (SDR) Instawork Employee Review

2.0
30 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The SDR pay is great for the role. If some things fall your way (helpful AE, favored by your manager, etc) you can make six figures in this role. They get us lunch two days a week! Although we're in the office three days so it's a mixed bag there. The sales org caters to the slower/lazier reps, so if you're doing your job you can enjoy a ton of autonomy.

Cons

There's a ridiculous amount of churn in the sales org, and management has neither addressed it nor acknowledged that it's part of a larger issue. I started with 15 people less than nine months ago and six of us are left. Huge swathes of the team will be on 'performance management' at any time. The fear felt by lower performing reps is palpable and inescapable when you're in the office. We have so many meetings, and few provide any value at all. This is due to the org being middle-manager heavy and them all wanting to put their stamp on things. You cannot hit quota sitting in meetings! Their focus is on getting most of the team most of the way to goal, which is pretty uninspiring for someone who wants to do their best work. Few if any SDRs are promoted. A couple SDRs have been strung along with the promise of an AE role that never materializes. Another SDR resigned and was then offered a 'new role they were about to roll out' but that has failed to come fruition as well.

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