Bad pay and terrible quota attainment. Sales leadership makes frequent bad calls. - Account Executive BambooHR Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2023
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Pros

Inbound leads, good front line managers, remote.

Cons

Bamboo is known for paying its AEs poorly compared to other companies. They hire low skilled SDRs give them low pay as AEs due to lack of experience and if they stay they promote them to management. Its a revolving door of reps. Last year almost half of the sales team that had been here since 2022 left due to people quitting or getting PIPd. On average only 30% of the team meets their goals each month. Yet the company continues to perform well remaining debt free and having record breaking months. The only people benefiting from these accomplishments is upper management. Most reps barely make it by hitting quota every couple of months. Just enough to keep there jobs but not enough to make money. Upper management in sales has been at bamboo for the past decade. Most managers started as SDRs and worked their way up. Their lack of outside experience leads to bad decisions like setting unrealistic quotas and paying less compared to other companies. They also motivate people in terrible ways like having a demotion path for everyone. While all the employees in the company got a pay bump this year due to high inflation the sales org got told they have three months to hit their target otherwise theyd be demoted with a massive pay cut. Its better than getting fired but the problem is the high quota. Not reps lacking motivation or training. Bamboos sales team doesnt pay well and the high targets cause most reps to consistently miss their goals. They quickly replace reps because they hire low skilled SDRs and promote from within. Bamboo doesn't make an effort to keep the best reps the way the need to which is increasing compensation.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

BambooHR is a great place to work with outstanding people.

Cons

BambooHR is focusing heavily on AI, which can come at the expense of jobs.

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

At the end of my tenure, I really have no pros.

Cons

I'm pretty sure I was "quietly laid off", in the effort of sneaky downsizing without having to actually do formal layoffs. This place was a godsend and a great place to work on my small independent team, and I did great. Then they did massive restructuring, added layers of hierarchy, added process, and basically just starting running a creative team like a line of factory workers. I had a horrible time with my manager on so many different levels, and felt validation when others would reflect the same, but I reflect what everyone else says - narcissistic, micro managing leadership that I now understand play manipulation games. I was put on a performance improvement plan and finally quit due to burnout, stress, and the dissolution of a role and a team that I had from before. They constantly push for solutions and deliverables, but I never really saw anything I delivered actually get treated and implemented with respect. Company policies and siloed team policies and procedures stymie actual effectiveness, and it seems like the leadership acts as your strict grade school teacher rather than having your back.

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