Fine & strange experience at Cvent India Ltd - Developer Cvent Employee Review

3.0
Jan 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1) Good India office setup. 2) Your concerns or voice will be heard by the US Senior Mangt ppl only. 3) Perks are good. 4) Few good technical projects to work on.

Cons

1) Sr. mangt people in tech are very rude and disgusting. They play politics with the team member career. 2) Growth opportunities are poor and the career path is very slow in progression. You can only get the benefits when you resign the job and negotiate it during the period of notice period. 3) Sr. mangt people in tech think of themselves as "OWNERS", rather than employees of the company. They treat their team members as servants or factory workers. 4) There is plenty of difference in terms of bonus, benefits, designation, role & duties between the India and US employees. US employees are always on the upper hand. 5) Much of the benefits lies with the Sr. mangt people and other employees are left aside. 6) The entire decision making is on the US side and the India side manager do not play any role. 7) Less holidays per calendar year. 8) No car parking facility for employees 9) Plenty of issues in getting the cab request. 10) Sr. Mangt people force the employees to work more than 8 hrs per day without any incentives. 11) HR takes the feedback for the formality sake and takes no actions against the senior Mangt and managers.

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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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