This was hands down the worst job I have had in my career. I was hired in under a new manager that micromanaged me beyond belief. I was completely burned out within a couple of months.
I seriously felt like I went back in time on this job....I had to fill out a daily call log with at least 30 calls a day, an updated pipeline chart twice a week, and another chart that listed every meeting I had with detailed notes updated daily. My manager wanted to be on every single call I made. This was a car salesmen environment where I was forced to ram deals down a customers throat knowing they would probably never take another call from me again in the future.
Work/life balance consisted of my manager calling/texting/emailing all day, and even after hours for the same things we previously discussed 10 times during work hours. I used to have dreams about my phone going off with a text saying "fire drill everyone needs to get on a conference call right now!" We would all hop on and he would say we need to hop into SFDC to "commit" deals that had zero chance of closing. He wanted to inflate his numbers while making us all look like clueless morons when these deals went no where.
Out of the 10+ people that started on his team, there is currently ONE left. ONE.
Maybe chalk this up to a terrible manager? I reported him more than once.
Akamai offers a 6 month draw because you are not expected to sell much until then. I wasn't even given my account list until month 3. However I was put on PIP in month 4. I sold my first deal in month 5. I was fired in month 6.
Best day of my career was walking out that door.
How in the world this company is ranked in the Top 25 places to work blows my mind. It was a complete nightmare.
