Started out well and went downhill fast - Sales Localytics Employee Review

2.0
3 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Learned a lot about sales processes. Individual people were very kind and willing to help. The strict rules prepared me well for easily adapting to my next role. I have a very positive outlook on many of the people I worked with but have a terrible opinion of the company.

Cons

Changed process and commission structure multiple times over the course of the year. Distracted the team from daily processes by blind demands from the top. The sales team in San Francisco is super cliquey the people who opened up the office from Boston only spend time with each other and judge others super harshly. Management is quick to tell you that you are doing great and fast to drop you. You will be treated like you are chained to your desk some leaders say be here early others will tell you if you leave before 6 you aren't working hard enough and the result is 10+ hour days. During the holidays sales leaders actually tried to make you feel guilty for spending time with your family. You aren't set up for success, selling in the "hottest market" doesn't matter when you aren't closing deals. It's super poor taste to lay off a good chunk of your workforce then plaster all over LinkedIn that you are hiring less than a month later. You clearly treat people as if they are disposable without ever really setting up a way for them to succeed. You have a culture problem on the sales team and it starts at the very top.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

+ Generally friendly workplace, can be a little clique-y on some teams, but overall, people here are easy to get along with. + Can't speak to the other departments, but engineering hires very well. Coworkers are all very smart, capable people who are bullish on improvements, care deeply about their craft, and don't settle for stupid hacks. + The work is both challenging and interesting. + People actually care about tech debt here. + The work environment is relaxing and offers generous vacation time (untracked) and work from home policies. + Management encourages a culture of openness and transparency that while not perfect, at least makes you feel comfortable voicing your opinion. Whether anything comes out of that probably varies by manager, but my managers are all good folk so I don't worry about that =).

Cons

- If you work here you gotta be capable of giving yourself direction and making/clarifying important decisions on your own because management sometimes drops the ball by throwing out half finished requirements and expects you to fill in the blanks. I'm probably making it sound worse than it actually is, but regardless you gotta be a go-getter. - There is a major lack of communication between departments and this hurts product focus among other things and is pretty much the reason for the consistent annoyance of direction and scope changes for feature work and why the product can't always get the improvements it needs. - No matching 401K. - Free lunch is provided on Tuesdays, not Fridays. I know the complaint is petty, but I can't get over it.

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