Quality product, dysfunctional team, sales and numbers driven culture - Customer Success Associate PitchBook Employee Review

3.0
Jun 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They have an excellent, market-leading product which customers love. There are many fun and talented people working at the company.

Cons

Leadership is straight, white, and male. They are working to be more inclusive, but there are clear areas of improvement. If you are a woman or person of color, there will likely be times you feel stuck in a corporate frat house. PitchBook has a results driven culture. If you can accomplish success as defined by management, you'll be rewarded accordingly. If you are good at things which are not tracked or evaluated, it'll be slower to progress. The sales and customer success teams are fairly competitive, but not cutthroat. At the lower levels of this department (SDR/CSA), employees are widely unhappy.

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PitchBook Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We are glad to hear that you think we have fun, talented people working at PitchBook along with a market-leading product and that you are aware of our dedicated efforts on the DE&I front. We’ve made great strides in promoting a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace and continue to work toward the key performance indicators we’ve identified in partnership with an outside consulting firm and our own employees. DE&I is a marathon, not a sprint and we’re committed to making progress in this area for the long term. With respect to your comment on our leadership being “straight, white and male,” we disagree. We have many talented and dedicated female leaders across our organization. We plan to continue investing in programs that help employees advance in their careers so we can become an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.

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Cons

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Cons

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PitchBook Response
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Thank you for the candid feedback. We’re glad you value the product and your peers. We take concerns about leadership consistency and trust very seriously. Creating clear expectations, fair management, and respectful leadership is an ongoing focus for us. I encourage you to reach out to your executive team leader or HR leadership so we can discuss your concerns directly.
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