Unstable & Unprofitable Company - Sales Executive LHH Employee Review

2.0
4 June 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People are nice and work life balance is good

Cons

The company has not been profitable for all of 2025 and they are laying off employees in masses. However, the layoffs are framed as "being fired for performance" due to the company not wanting to pay severance to their employees. Senior leadership is highly volatile and has no real idea or understanding of the work it takes to be successful and hit/exceed metrics in the current market. Many tactics and suggestions are outdated, such as attempting for a 75% in person meeting rate per week by the end of Q2. This is quite unattainable in a current workforce that prioritizes remote and hybrid work, while requiring current LHH employees to spend hours driving around their territory each week then scolding them on not being able to complete all tasks. I was "fired" last week for "under-performance", when my revenue and KPIs proved that I had outperformed the other new hire on my team by 305%. Though they were not let go and are still working at the company. The OTE range is highly suggestive as many sales executives fail to break $55k with salary and commission in their first 2 years. Leadership constantly hangs the fact that they can fire you at any time over your head resulting in a team with low morale and motivation. Tenured employees (anyone over about 4 years) at the company are highly favored and are not held to the same expectations and rules as new hires. They do not need to hit the same in person meeting numbers and constantly "fake" their numbers to submit to leadership. Overall, I gained good experience in sales. However, I would NOT recommend anyone to take a job here as there is little room for growth, promotion, or reliability.

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Pros

Flexible hours. High client volume.

Cons

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1.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

None to speak of except no longer working here. I was at the top of my game until this place destroyed my future.

Cons

Exploitative WFH culture that weaponizes visibility. 1.5+ hour nonsense “meetings” of managers belittling you while fanning their own superiority and focusing on short sighted optics. Recruiting, many sales areas and pricing are clown cars of bad management. Don’t ever expect to be fairly compensated or invested in any capacity regardless of how well you perform or what they promise to manipulate you. These issues are entrenched due to moral hazard. Another reviewer rightfully said, “You will need therapy during and after employment” but they will not pay you enough to afford it. “Even if you do a great job if you are not a favorite you will have a difficult time here. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing your job if you are not accepted, however I think that’s their strategy,” said another reviewer and to add to that, credit for your work if arduous or brilliant will go to someone else, and they will leave you with crumbs of recognition for work that required no business school degree to double down on hiding what you had to offer. A brilliant senior lead that brought in millions and recently departed described being treated in meetings as “little girl go sit in the corner.” It’s spot on.

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