Under new management, could be a great company. - Anonymous employee 8x8 Employee Review

2.0
Sep 14, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Bright people, great product, excellent benefits. Some of the people I've met at 8x8 have become long time friends. The benefits include full medical, dental, vision, 401K and 3 weeks vacation per year not including sick time. The VoIP product requires consultative selling and is a wonderful technology for small to medium sized businesses as well as residential.

Cons

The biggest gripe at the company for several years now is the inside sales team. This is run like a sweatshop and has become increasingly worse over the past year. 8x8 hires inexperienced people for dirt cheap and promise them big 6 figure commissions which is not true at all. There is huge turnover because training is poor and pressure is extensive to hit the unrealistic quotas. 8x8 has created a dog eat dog mentality within this dept and unfortunately focuses all their energy and attn on them. I did not work in this dept, but have worked with 8x8 for years and saw the creation of this dept (which was a good idea at the time) and saw its demise. The executive team does not want to hear the complaints from this dept nor any other depts. In order for 8x8 to become the company it has potential of being, they need to replace their Executive team and Board of Directors. There needs to be new ideas, more creative management skills and not so much the "good ol' boys club" like it has been for over 20 years. They continue to make the same mistakes over and over again and not learn from them.

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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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