Lucrative opportunity for hard workers - Elite Account Executive Yelp Employee Review

5.0
27 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The starting base salary is low, but the uncapped commission is very generous. Learning how to be "authentic" in tone and conversations is the key to closing deals with this demographic of clients. This requires extra effort from the AE to strengthen product knowledge and go above and beyond to strengthen their own skills through numerous resources and taking the initiative to learn how to close. The product sells itself... Yes, it is a cold calling position where you get a multitude of different emotional responses from business owners at yelp. They provide you with so much content and trainings to work with you. Selling Yelp ads is not an easy job, but with hard work and consistency, you will hit 6 figures before your year mark. Self promotion program ensures that hard work is rewarded and the time frame is completely dependent on the AE. Great culture with amazing perks and benefits! Yelp definitely rips off the sales goose bumps to layer new thicker skin. So, if you are a little sensitive or take things personally, then this wouldn't be the right position for you.

Cons

Needs to hire more translators to offer solutions to business owners who don't speak english in order to keep practices ethical and fair. Yelp is unbiased and positions the platform as a self serve platform used to help business owners gain exposure and increase business. However, it is unfair to keep that same stance with business owners that simply cannot speak english and have no assistance when calling into Yelp or authority over their page.

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Yelp Response
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Thank you so much for your feedback. As you mentioned, the Account Executive role is certainly challenging, but we are so glad that you have found value and support in all of the resources, training, and ongoing coaching that we offer to help you be successful in the role. We appreciate all of your feedback and will share it with our leadership teams. Thank you for all of your contributions during your time with us, and we wish you the very best in your next adventure!

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