Collection of bright people experiencing some growing pains - Anonymous employee Twilio Employee Review

4.0
3 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Twilio has an incredibly driven environment. There's a mentality running through the office of genuinely wanting to change the world with these products. It's cool, motivating, and in turn, one can find themselves surrounded by very intelligent people working very hard and fast. There's also a real sense of purpose and ability to grow. The values feel pretty legit, in that humility is a characteristic you'll regularly see in team members and "drawing the owl" is genuinely encouraged. As mentioned in other reviews, this place feels like coming home to family.

Cons

Rapid growth has created some growing pains. In an effort to fill senior leadership roles quickly, the culture has taken a bit of a hit. There seems to be a large focus on land-grabbing, which is new and not subtle. The HR team is disorganized, communication is often lacking between departments, and titles have become a political power.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Comp is fair, benefits are okay. If you are lucky with a low maintenance book of business you can clock roughly 20 hours a week and hit all your goals. I saw this happen to multiple sellers over my tenure.

Cons

The reason I left was in Jan 2026 they re-orged all of the Segment business unit into Twilio. We went from being traditional Segment SaaS sellers to Twilio Account Managers. You have no prospects only existing clients. You spend your day in Zendesk managing tickets, there are zero actual sales activities. Your quota is comprised of organic revenue growth that would occur whether you existed or not. Upside is limited. - Leadership Churn: I worked here for 16 months and during that time I had 5 managers. They couldn't hang onto anyone. - No review or raise during my 16 months here, despite exceeding my quota. - Promotions: you cannot just crush in your role and get promoted. There needs to be a promotion spot available somewhere in your business unit and then you compete with other sellers for it. Your role will not change, your accounts and clients will not change, only your comp will. So why the limited promotion availability?

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