Sales Development Representative - Anonymous employee AppFolio Employee Review

The one downfall to this position was management. I was heavily micromanaged during my tenure in the department. My manager was also incredibly condescending, unprofessional in many ways, and expressed blatant favoritism. He was thrown into this role with no management experience (and no sales experience either). I am honestly surprised by the positive reviews of this position. The discontent with management was frequently expressed by many members of the team, including top performers. Turnover was high, which our team felt was due to mismanagement in many cases. No clear path to promotion - Many top performers (which I will admit, I was not one of them) had a promotion dangled in front of them for the purpose of improving their performance and boosting their numbers. However, when it came to promotion, they were overlooked. What was most frustrating was how differently our manager acted toward upper management in comparison to how how he treated his team. Management seemed to promote those who were "coachable" rather than those who had good leadership abilities - patience, experience, maturity, and skill.