Avoid for the time being - Staff Accountant Cvent Employee Review

2.0
Jun 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Neat office space no micromanagement flawless start - very organized first day Training about the company Helpful team

Cons

Extremely high turnover - management is at guilt because there is not focus on the staff. there is no connection what so ever. The company is growing and the management attitude is that the already shrunk team will phase no problems what so ever because each company is just another "sum formula." The processes are outdated and very manual. The accounting system is Oracle but an outdated version. So much of your time will be spent on edition raw data only to copy some info to another excel file. no camaraderie in the team and everyone is looking to leave right now. The company is growing and is obviously preparing to increase its worth and prepare to be bought. It's a huge startup in the CEO's mind but it has grown too big to function as one. All what I say is about the HQ Accounting team. Other departments are hopefully very happy. The senior management has symbols of their political party out in the open. In a company build by an immigrant and in an office environment with many more people from all races, this particular political party is reprieved as rather offensive.

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5.0
Mar 2, 2026
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Pros

Great people and the job was fun.

Cons

Did not get paid what I’m worth. Not flexible in pay. Kept in the dark regarding pay for a long time.

1.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I tried to come up with one, but simply cannot.

Cons

The pay and benefits are well below industry standards. Cvent loves to talk about being a SaaS industry leader, and in the same sentence offer you "benefits" from the 90s (accrued PTO, vesting 401k, etc). The OTEs are a good 30-40% below industry standards as well. OTE obviously it not everything, but it comes with a complimentary bogus commission plan. Sold a big deal in Q1 that gets you to 200% for the quarter? Hope you enjoy getting only 125% of that. They hang on to the rest to pay you out on any underperforming quarters, which is paternalistic and does not respect the time value of the money you earned. My other primary complaint is the abysmal culture. Granted, Cvent's goal is certainly to create an army of employees who never talk negatively of the company and praise its every move. So congrats to them, they have largely achieved this. For those of us who can see past this facade, it is a dark reality. They still refer to themselves as a family, which I thought companies had learned long ago was something you should not do. I also witnessed a whole auditorium of employees stand and clap for the CEO when he came on stage, which was so dystopian and disturbing. Both of these points can best be summarized by when I shared my critique of the new commission plan with a sales leader. We were not given our Q1 quotas/commission plans until well after the quarter was complete, which is a failure on so many levels. When I gave this feedback, I was told its "just a small step back for the company on the march towards the company's revenue goal." No rep should be asked to sacrifice their own success and financial planning for the benefit of their corporate overlords. If you are in SaaS sales, please look elsewhere.

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