Very Dysfunctional & Unhealthy work Environment! - Account Executive 8x8 Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Location is about only positive thing here! Located near airport- but Lots of commute traffic. Building on 1st street is newer & has a lot of light

Cons

I worked in SMB Sales, with the most dysfunctional group -including supervisor & managers. Constant yelling & cursing throughout office. It was difficult to have conversations with the yelling or laughing loudly on sales floor- very unprofessional environment. Horrible work life balance- paid hourly & you need to be there to get the leads so overtime is pretty much required to have a chance at meeting quota. Employees there are unhappy about their jobs & they put down their work constantly. Unhealthy environment-long hours+They feed you junk food and cans of lots of energy drinks at end of month so you can work even longer hours. Pay is not competitive. Meeting quota is stressful. Departments are not cohesive. Do NOT recommend Sales SMB at all.! Save your time, health and sanity & look elsewhere!

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

*Good health insurance *Company "mental health" days off *Work/life balance *LinkedIn learning

Cons

*You will have to chase several people through several teams before you actually obtain the assistance you are looking for, however once you get to the right team/person, be prepared to be talked to like you're an annoyance rather than a colleague. A lot of "pass the buck" type of mentality, and "that's not our responsibility" attitude, then discover the people/person you're looking for doesn't work there anymore. *They reduce staff under the guise of "redundancies of the role", when they're really moving the exact role to Philippines or other countries as they can obtain more employees for that same paycheck. *Will hire new staff, have you train them, then reduce the positions within that team after you've trained them. *Upper management will promote not based on merit but nepotism, and it's not a secret but up in your face, and will tell you "its not personal". *They will shove the "we care about our people" culture down your throat, when in fact they DO NOT care about their people, especially the knowledgeable ones, they will eliminate those as soon as possible to get fresh blood in, with no knowledge or expertise, and often in other countries so they can pay them less than here. Truth. *Management is top heavy, always has been, no change in sight for this down the road.

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