solid product + terrible org - Sales Team Alteryx Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Alteryx designer is a battle tested product that works great. The Alteryx Designer truly sells itself so there's not much salesmanship needed once you get the product in their hands, it makes life as a salesman easy There's an incredibly wide range of avenues to break into organizations presenting a very unique opportunity, as it allows for reps to shine in their own lines of business or expertise. There is a great opportunity to succeed here if you make sure you get the right connections internally with management and suck up as needed

Cons

During the 2018 Christmas party the president and CRO of the company at the time (scott jones) was making sexual advances towards my date. The night culminating with him connecting and messaging her on social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn ( I have pictures). You can only imagine how that made me feel as an employee reporting under him. This alone is WILDY scary and as someone who has to work under someone like that, it drastically changed my views of our organization. High growth has masked a large lack of competency internally specifically in lower/mid level management. people have inherited roles they aren't qualified or prepared for and it rears it’s head in a number of different ways. Products outside of the designer are not great. They offer "Alteryx for good" hours which are meant to volunteer during work hours, naturally in sales you want to be there as often as you can but when i requested to use my "afg" hours i was greeted with a " is that a good use of your time?" Alteryx targets younger individuals to save costs but most people have been in college longer than they've been in the software industry. Some people have no sales background at all, lots of “buddy 6” hiring. Don't voice alternative views as management often sees this is combative or antagonistic. Then your "personal brand" gets tarnished, once that happens there's no coming back. Another review posted here wrote "The environment is fear based and you’re always wondering if you will fall out of favor and get fired. CEO and his team seem to perpetuate that." this is a very accurate statement. There are other issues internally but you get the picture, no sense in beating a dead horse...

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Alteryx Response
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Thanks for taking time to share your feedback. I agree with you that our products are truly leading-edge, and although our salespeople work hard to ensure our solutions align with our customers' needs, it is much easier to achieve your goals as an account executive when the product is as well-designed and as effective as ours are fortunate to be. Although the experience back in 2018 you described with the prior leader who is no longer with the company is atypical and out of line with our culture and expectations of all of our associates, I can assure you that I take the feedback very seriously and have taken it onboard as we go forward. With the new leaders we have in place, we have not only set new strategic imperatives for 2021, but we have also refreshed our Core Values. Building on what was set in place by our founders, our Core Values here at Alteryx are: Customer First, Accountability, Equality, Integrity and Empowerment. Any violation of any of those values will be addressed quickly and fairly, as ours is a culture rooted in respect and focus on the ability of everyone to do their best work. As a leadership team - and as colleagues - we're laser focused on building and scaling the culture and the company our associates deserve and our customers need in order for us to design and deliver the very best products and solutions. Even though it sounds like you have been away from the company for some time, please reach out directly to me on LinkedIn if you would like to connect live to discuss your feedback. Thanks, David

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Cons

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