Good company, but unsure about future - Account Executive Upwork Employee Review

3.0
2 Dec 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good leadership and work environment, willing to help you get better.

Cons

Unsure about their future. I was one of the 60 employees they let go when they decided to eliminate the mid-market product offering. There are a lot of things they are still trying to figure out from organizational and sales process perspectives. Things might be different with their new sales structure, however I only knew of 1 AE that was on track to hit their yearly quota. Also, they did not put their (what I thought was agreed upon) contributions toward my 401k, since I wasn't there for a year, which I found insulting considering they fired me. That left a very bad taste in my mouth.

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