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4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jun 15, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing technology, continuing to innovate, with some of the smartest engineers in the game! Potential to make money when/IF the CEO stops dangling an IPO in front of us and throws his employees a bone.

Cons

This place is awful. Leadership (White Boys Club) is toxic, abusive, and disrespectful. If you dare bring an issue to them, you become a target and HR does absolutely nothing to protect the employees subject to harassment and retaliation. The comp plan is a joke. OTE is intentionally complicated and increases after 2H. They've overhired these past few years and territories are laughable. Most people are living off their base, with a little help from consumption. As an example, last FY they gave AEs RECOVERABLE DRAWS for 3-6-9 months depending on your segment because reps were leaving in droves. It felt like a payday loan and most reps took it because they weren't making money. Sales Ops - GTM communication is redundant. One forecast call with RD, another with VP, and follow up with SVP because they all have different metrics looking for -- why not simplify? Or use the data -- it's a data company. It's so unorganized and inconsistent with processes and expectations. Submitting ticket after ticket for legal, finance, support, and sales ops -- fighting internally and externally and having your accounts wait in frustration. No WLB. High-stress environment. No real opportunity for career progression. Benefits are not the best, and no 401K match.

4.0
Jun 6, 2024

Good place to work

Recommend
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Pros

- Talented and kind team you can grow with - Interesting problems especially on ML teams - Good work life balance - High salary

Cons

- Seems more business/product oriented than most GENAI companies out there. - PERF cycle is long and slow

1.0
Jun 5, 2024

Beware

Recommend
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Pros

CEO, high-impact roles, competitive pay, fast growing company

Cons

-Toxic work culture -Sales teams run the company -Overtime is expected -Poor communication across teams and the company -Constant updates, little communication -Back-channeling -Cliquey coworkers -Live to work -Undocumented process changes

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