How Can You Build a Business With Over 50% Annual Sales Team Churn? - Account Manager BMC Software Employee Review

1.0
2 Nov 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good training both in an outside classroom. Decent fringe benefits - pension, free gym (if you had the time to use it), healthcare dental etc. Excellent pre-sales team.

Cons

BMC's reputation precedes it in the marketplace as being a horrible place to work. Beware of recruiter spin. The reputation is well deserved. 1980's toxic sales management culture based on aggression, bullying, playing favourites, micro-management, territories are a moving feast with the best opportunities moved to the golden circle. Huge turnover of sales people within last 12 months - over 50% of sales floor has left. Customers are sold to and then forgotten about and are sick of having a new account manager every 6 months. If you value work life balance - forget it. UK management team are institutionalised. Most have been on board for a long time and do not have the experience outside BMC to know what good looks like. In an attempt to steady the sinking ship we were called into a meeting to be told by one that BMC's sales staff retention rate was "completely normal". Laughable.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

You are paid better than most other in the industry

Cons

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