Postive Reviews Are Fake - Anonymous employee XANT Employee Review

1.0
17 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most of the employees are good people, trying to do right by the clients. The average person you work with will make the job bearable (they are dealing with the same horrible issues you are).

Cons

First off, the other positive reviews on here are completely fake. Within a day or two, this review will be buried two pages down. Recently the company removed the employee count from the directory. Apparently it was too obvious how bad the the turnover was. HR walks around and asks people to post positive reviews on here, or posts themselves. No one would ever put in advice to management "sales needs to be pushed harder". Prepare to be overworked, and underpaid. Anywhere else in the valley pays 20% higher starting off. They sell you on "being part of this great company vision". Vision only lasts so long, till you can no longer make ends meet and take care of your family. Plenty of people end up having to take second jobs because they are so unwilling to give out raises. Every department has had massive turnover. Quarter after quarter now, they have laid off a large percentage of the workforce. It's getting to the point people feel like they are drowning. Everyone is now having to make up for the missing employees. They phrase it as a "performance plan". In actuality, it's just getting laid off. Option one is to leave immediately with severance, option two is a "plan" that you will not meet. You will be let go at the end of that term. Elkington controls everything, I mean EVERY TINY THING. Make sure you negotiate a good base before you join. Otherwise you will be stuck no matter how long you've worked here. The only people who get raises are those who get another offer first. It doesn't matter if your manager or VP promise they will get you one, they always come back with "sorry, maybe next quarter". They told us we would receive "subsidized snacks". Set aside the fact that every other SaaS company around just gives employees snacks as a benefit. These are not only subsidized, they cost nearly twice as much as the Maverick across the street. Not only are they underpaying us, but they are trying to steal our money with garbage food. They recently said there would be lots of raises given out to multiple departments. In the end, only a couple people got very small raises, everyone else was left wanting. In company meetings they've asked people who've received promotions to step up and tell everyone why the love InsideSales. In the end, those people have quit like everyone else to get more money and respect. Were now hearing if we don't hit quota again this quarter, there will be more massive lay offs. Things are looking bleak to say the least. Looking forward to the "Were sorry you feel this way, we only hire the best most amazing, talented, incredible accelerators. We love to do good and be awesome". Sure...

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XANT Response
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Sorry that things aren't great for you here. You purport a lot of incorrect information. I'll respond with a few facts. There are no fake reviews- Glassdoor has rigorous processes to ensure people aren't posting more often than 1 / year and not fabricating reviews. We encourage people to post, as we know the majority will objectively share their experiences. As the reviews show, the vast majority of your fellow Accelerators are having an extremely different experience, growing their careers and advancing their earnings. Turnover is at all-time lows and below industry standards. We continue to add a tremendous number of new customers every month, and we continue to hire, with our headcount growing 100% over the past couple of years. The amazingly credentialed executives that have joined the cause are bringing their industry leading SaaS playbooks and jointly creating a new, unique culture and business that is changing how the world sells. Let your leaders and our Talent Acceleration department know how we can help you turn your time here into a successful, career boosting experience like the great majority of your fellow Accelerators are doing.

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