Nobody in the sales team reaches their targets and are cannibalising on each other due to too little demand from a highly saturated market coupled with too few accounts. A few favourites get all the strong leads and are then given as examples of “look at x, you can be that if you work harder’. Salary slightly below market rate.
A LOT of talk about culture but it’s a facade to make people think they’re part of something special worth sacrificing your most valuable years for. The company values are being rambled at all times like a mantra :
Team over self - you’re expected to give up your wellbeing and personal life for the growth of the company (the “team”).
Relentless in the pursuit of mastery - you’re never good enough in the eyes of management.
Self-aware- if you criticise any of the bad practices put in place from the top you’ll be told that you’re not self- reflective enough. (if you’re mentioning anything positive on the other hand you’ll be applauded and probably asked to give a small talk on the next all-hands).
It’s awesome to be here - the fact that they have to tell you that says it all.
The CEO has written a blog post how the company is a cult (definition of cult leader: Cult groups often have a dynamic leader whose authority is respected and, in many cases, unquestioned. Obedience to the leader is often required, even when it involves deviant or unhealthy activity.).
