At the very highest level, Vista and Salesloft senior leadership let down their employees and defied their own core values. "Team over self" somehow got flipped into "Self over team". New C-Suite executives were hired only to lay off and manage out existing leaders and install former colleagues from previous companies. Worse yet, those new hires openly blamed existing Salesloft employees as the culprit for bad performance and missed goals while the company had no strategic direction or clear vision. This process was done behind employees' backs and without opportunities to learn and align with new ways of operating. "Bias towards action" turned into "Bias towards blaming, lying, scapegoating, putting employees on PIPs and sowing distrust with teams." Salesloft used to have a way of always doing what was right, and doing it quickly. Not sure what happened there, but it's long gone and now with multiple layoffs and silent RIFs across every team, there aren't enough employees to create the "action" managers demand. "Glass half full" certainly wasn't evident in newly installed leaders who berated employees in front of their teams, set them up to fail, refused to provide guidance/expectations, pushed them over capacity and then disciplined them for not meeting unrealistic timelines. "Focus on results" has become increasingly important in the current environment, but also increasingly impossible due to layoffs and cut budgets, but unrealistic goals. Leaders need to create plans for what - and how - things can realistically be completed without burning employees completely out. Two years ago, I would have told you Salesloft was the best company I ever worked for -- without a second thought. Unfortunately, the Salesloft of today is a different place with different people and very different values. With a return to office, below-average compensation, poor management and toxic culture, I'm not sure why you would want to work at "this" Salesloft.
