Great relationships but pressure leads to burnout - Business Development Representative (BDR) Filevine Employee Review

3.0
Mar 25, 2026
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Pros

The relationships I built at Filevine are ones that I’ll have for years to come. Phenomenal people work here. Whitney on the BDR management side is the best manager I’ve ever had. She is kind, loving, understanding and hardworking. She can take someone like me with very little sales experience and get almost anyone to quota. The org would be lost without her. Brandon is a phenomenal director. He is understanding and motivating and always in the trenches with the team. He leads by example and trains everyone to be better every day. Josh is a hardworking VP. He is hard on the team only because of the potential he sees. He is funny and motivating to work with.

Cons

Sales is always punished based on AE performance and marketing. There’s always some reason we aren’t “doing enough”. This presents a culture of burnout and PIP firings. If you don’t work yourself to death or get promoted fast enough to go to events you are going to be on the chopping block before you know it.

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Filevine Response
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Thank you for leaving a review, we do appreciate the time you took to do so. We are sorry to hear about the negative experience working with our AE team and will actively work to ensure cross-department relationships are being maintained cross the company

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