Lipstick on the Pig - Anonymous employee Pindrop Employee Review

1.0
14 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unique proposition, clever IP and technology - it really does find lots of telephone fraud that companies miss. There are some really great people on the team. They have acquired some big $ deals from some big enterprise names. You can make good money in sales, but its a moon shot. The vision & story that is pitched sounds amazing and futuristic, but ...……….

Cons

Everything about what the company does is overly hard & overly complex. It is essentially a one product company that has 18-24 sales cycles, 6-9 month evals, a painfully hard contracting process and 9-12 months to deploy. This all means the cost is front end loaded for clients and hard / lengthy for for them to see ROI or value. On top of that, the “real” addressable market is much smaller than they would have you believe - only the really large financial companies, with a recognized & big fraud problem in a big call centre and millions to spend to fix it. Sadly the futurisic vision painted by the charismatic CEO is not something thats even close to reality. As a result, the sales team consistently miss the lofty goals & ARR growth expectations, big customers churn out and there is systemic problem with WW sales culture & performance. They are therefore losing lots of good people across all functions and did a recent lay off to control cash burn. All this is creating a negative and degrading internal culture, which is not helped by the weak senior leadership and dominating character of the CEO.

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Pindrop Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and perspective. We genuinely appreciate hearing from former employees, as this feedback helps inform how we continue to grow as a company. I am glad to hear that you found the product meaningful. Our teams take great pride in building technology that helps protect people and organizations, and that shared sense of purpose is something many of us care deeply about. We also acknowledge the challenges you noted. Like many companies operating in a dynamic environment, there are moments of change, and we work to navigate those with care, respect, and consideration for the people doing the work. We are grateful for the contributions you made at Pindrop and wish you continued success in the next chapter of your career. If you would like to discuss anything further, please feel free to reach out to pops@pindrop.com. Christine Kaszubski Aldrich, Chief People Officer
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