Great Company. Not a lot of opportunity - Account Executive LinkedIn Employee Review

3.0
Feb 28, 2019
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Pros

Best benefits across the board

Cons

The Company: This is a high turnover company. Account Executives are constantly in and out with no way to move internally. In the last year I have seen 6 very skilled sales people leave due to high quotas, poor leadership, and not being able to move up in the org. Every team from time to time will have a "plus one" on their team. This person is there to help the team while another person is put on plan for not hitting their quota. While this is set up to be a learning role it ends up being a reminder that someone is there to take your spot at anytime. Account Executives did make a lot of money when quotas were attainable, but with the Microsoft Acquisition quotas went up and more people were hired. This created less opportunity for everyone and it doesn't look to be slowing down. The Role: This role is a Sales Development role primarily. You will spend most of your day prospecting out of an excel doc. The sales process is easy. The tools sell themselves and you just need to find the people who can afford this solution. Leadership: There is a a lot of time put in to learning and developing. If you are lucky to have a manager who has been here a while you will get a great learning experience. If you have a new manager this is going to be much harder. Most of the people who have left have had new managers who weren't properly trained to develop people or work with them. The Right Fit: Currently in Sales Development or SMB sales and killing it. You are used to a high quota and a transactional sale. Maybe you have some customer service experience as well. This will come in handy as you do need to hand hold clients and get them using the products correctly. You are not looking to move up while at the company and know going in that you will have the same role for as long as you are here. Expect to make 80K/ year all in

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Cons

I ended up quitting my job to look for a new job in 2024. The exit from the company was extremely poorly managed by my manager and the HR staff. I had a very difficult time networking after I left the job which is funny given that it is a social networking platform. I felt like there was still a presence from the company even after joining She Runs It, a third-party networking platform for women. I expected more from LinkedIn during my departure. I was unaware what impact working at this company could have on my career. They should really help their employees with their next role and applying as a lot of the applications occur on the platform. There was only an opportunity to interview and reach out to people that worked for LinkedIn at B2B, even though I have B2C experience. AI has really complicated the process as well with writing etc. since leaving.

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