Circa reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(146 total reviews)

Pat Sheahan

93% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Circa has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 146 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Circa employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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146 reviews
3.0
May 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

I loved the small atmosphere and that it was an upstart company.

Cons

I am not a social butterfly and that seemed to be required to really survive in the company. Owner wanted everyone to be best pals and I didn't like that feeling.

2.0
Sep 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Commission structure is a positive as they do offer one of the best around. I did enjoy my colleagues working on the same level. The other Account Executives made it tolerable to go to work everyday.

Cons

The work environment is very stressful. Upper management could treat employees with more respect. They put more of a focus on activity rather than the sales. If you do not exceed a certain # of calls you will be reprimanded and put on probation. Micro managed. They monitor everything you do. This forces employees to focus more on quanitity and not quality which overall isn't going to help any organization in the end. Isolation of those that are not meeting activity requirements and don't reward or acknowledge based on your sales performance. Embarrass you in meetings, roll their eyes, whisper behind your back, and disrepectful in use of words. Scare tactics are used to try and retain employees. Your first couple of years, you will work 55+ hours per week, make 100+ cold calls per day, and work 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M-F. Work and home balance does not allign. Be prepared to take work home with you. It's definitely a hunter role and you are fighting with 10 other account executives to try and get sales in an already saturated market. 100% cold calling and 100% prospecting on your own time. It's very rare somebody sticks around past month three. Turnover is not unusal.

1.0
Mar 21, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and benefits, bright colored office, nice perks like parties and stuff, but only to cover up the reality that they turn and burn sales people.

Cons

1. Owner runs sales department like it is a grade school, sales people are qualified on number of calls/presentations rather than quality to sales totals. 2. every good sales person I know that used to work there 3 years ago no longer does including my bosses. They have all either been let go or quit. 3. You have too feel like you are being watched every second, felt like I was being stared down for having to go to the bathroom. 4. Owner will let someone go on a whim, even if they are producing. This is a very bad place to work, keep looking

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