Not the same company it used to be - Anonymous employee Twilio Employee Review

1.0
27 Jan 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have cool swag, the t-shirts are especially soft

Cons

Twilio used to have an amazing culture a few years ago, and this is what you're seeing in the old reviews. But since the company went into hypergrowth its been completely destroyed. There has been massive churn the last 6 months and you can see this at all levels from IC to C-level. Hiring standards have gone down, promotions are based entirely on the old school boys club, new leadership is defensive about any feedback given to them and lashes out at employees for speaking out. The culture now is fearful and there are bullies everywhere trying to tear people down to make themselves look better. It's truly a shame to see how far this company has sunk (and not only the share price which also seems to be following the same trend). I would think twice about joining, twilio is riding the coattails of its own reputation, but that isn't going to last forever.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Comp is fair, benefits are okay. If you are lucky with a low maintenance book of business you can clock roughly 20 hours a week and hit all your goals. I saw this happen to multiple sellers over my tenure.

Cons

The reason I left was in Jan 2026 they re-orged all of the Segment business unit into Twilio. We went from being traditional Segment SaaS sellers to Twilio Account Managers. You have no prospects only existing clients. You spend your day in Zendesk managing tickets, there are zero actual sales activities. Your quota is comprised of organic revenue growth that would occur whether you existed or not. Upside is limited. - Leadership Churn: I worked here for 16 months and during that time I had 5 managers. They couldn't hang onto anyone. - No review or raise during my 16 months here, despite exceeding my quota. - Promotions: you cannot just crush in your role and get promoted. There needs to be a promotion spot available somewhere in your business unit and then you compete with other sellers for it. Your role will not change, your accounts and clients will not change, only your comp will. So why the limited promotion availability?

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