Toxic culture fueled by condescending leadership - Account Executive Motive Employee Review

1.0
3 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote friendly environment. Constant churn throughout the company keeps recruiters busy backfilling.

Cons

Sales organization is constantly changing from the top down. They still haven’t figured out the recipe to success so quotas, expectations and KPI’s remain dynamic. The new VP of MM was promoted from SMB and carries his micromanaging/patronizing style with him. He enforces that you should be grateful the company guarantees you a salary to cold call like an SDR or you should become a real estate agent. The sales org leaders are process driven and lack people skills. They will not provide any value to customer facing calls to support executive alignment when closing deals.

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Motive Response
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We appreciate your candor in the review you submitted and are sorry to hear about your dissatisfaction within our Sales organization. This is not the experience we want for any of our team members. Please remember that your HRBP is a valuable resource when it comes to any areas of improvement and/or concerns you have about the workplace environment. If you like to provide further feedback, please contact us at opendoor@gomotive.com.

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