Cvent reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,549 total reviews)
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Reggie Aggarwal

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cvent has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,549 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cvent 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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3K reviews
2.0
Jan 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Cool co-workers and not many weirdos. Nice office space and location near metro. Free coffee? I don't know, just trying to meet this 20 word minimum.

Cons

So many cons. A good bit of the marketing management seems to have come from Blackboard and they really don't have a clue. It often sounded like they just read marketing leadership blogs and dressed those ideas up as their vague direction. "Be a storyteller", for example. Thanks for that brilliance! Pay is poor. Only people who stay middle mgmt and above who were here before the IPO. They got a lot of options, and/or got grandfathered into high salaries and sales commission percentages. It's very true: most people look to leave after their two year bond. Everyone should know about he two year bond also. It is insane! You basically sign a blood oath saying you cannot quit within 2 years or they will try to threaten you with legal action. They really do it...I saw it happen multiple times. The craziest part is they say it costs $7500 to train you and that's why you can't leave but unless you are part of the sales team you receive zero official training. They brought someone in that tried to make every single position be held to meet several KPIs. Nothing like killing creativity in order to meet arbitrary metrics. Raises and bonuses went down every year. 9.5 hour work day minimum.

1.0
Feb 26, 2024

Do NOT consider Cvent

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Pros

+ If you have no other options, then it’s better than nothing + You’ll occasionally get treats (MemoryBlue gives better ones and treat their employees better) + Ok, if you really want to work in your high school

Cons

- If you’re young and attractive and will kiss up to upper management, you will get a promotion or if you’re a guy who gushes on these girls once they’re promoted - They hire young for a reason and it’s not to give people a chance out of college, it’s because it’s cheap - You’ll get treated like a child by children - Upper management has little to no awareness of what goes on below them - Many SDRs want to quit, but can’t because the contract says they’ll have to pay back training (which training is another con itself) - You’re under contract for 18 months. That is the main reason why SDRs can’t quit - Everyone knows everything about everyone - Very cliquey - Wrong people get promoted - Once they get promoted, they aren't able to coach or manage their peers (just babysit and talk down to)

1.0
Sep 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros to working for Cvent. The job skills you learn are useless. Cvent has a monopoly on this type of software. Only transferable skills are customer service or sales and there are better places to get this type of experience.

Cons

Bad and clueless management at all levels. Unrealistic service expectations. Buggy code. Poorly designed and maintained product. Broken sales processes and goals. All departments are grossly understaffed. Yearly pay cuts. It is a sweat shop. They deliver on nothing they say or promise. Make now at all costs. Beatings will continue until morale improves. Company is indebted up to its eye balls any hiccup in the overall economy and they are done. No goals beyond getting to a set number in sales. No company direction of any kind. Dead man walking kind of company. No room for advancement besides getting senior next to your original title. Avoid.

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