Low pay, bad management - Sales KnowBe4 Employee Review

1.0
Apr 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

the training program was good, good product

Cons

You are given strict almost unachievable kpis. Inexperienced and unprofessional managers that will berate you. Low pay. Many people I was in training with got out before they even started...Very cliquish - if you don't fit in, you will be out. Lots of pressure to fit in. It's strange.

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KnowBe4 Response
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Thank you for providing feedback on your time with us. The environment you describe is certainly not the environment that we want to create at KnowBe4, nor the typical environment that most employees experience. Our local HR team would sincerely appreciate it if you could email us to provide more in-depth feedback on the experiences you described, so we can further investigate your situation. We know how critical management is to creating a positive company culture, so we aim only to hire and promote the most capable managers, and we focus on training these managers thoroughly through our internal programs. We are always looking to improve this training and provide our managers with the best resources possible. Your feedback will help us do just that. We wish you the best of luck in the future.

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