As noted throughout other reviews, the US workforce is overwhelmingly monochromatic, and consequently, the culture itself is sometimes aggressively anti minority--often unintentionally, but still damaging--even as leadership claims to be prioritizing diversity.
I personally know of multiple instances in which high performing minorities left PitchBook prematurely due to culture clashes or were implicitly pushed out due to vocal opposition to the pervading country club culture, which would not stand at most publicly traded companies. (For instance, PitchBook has ways of funneling high probability sales opportunities to "preferred" individuals, and those who oppose company policies can quickly find themselves with fewer lucrative prospects directed their way; the prospecting and sales framework is in many ways random and by no means scientific.) No matter their race or origin, people who consciously work to contort themselves into what another reviewer called PitchBook's "white culture" generally fare best at the company over the long term. Dissenting opinions are not actually welcome, though they are given heavy lip service.
When I was considering the offer from PitchBook, in hindsight I placed too much emphasis on the compensation upside potential (top outside sales reps commonly net at least $600-700K annually) but not enough emphasis on the red flags I saw immediately.
Review the sales team's LinkedIn profiles; notice that most have unimpressive educational backgrounds and work experience prior to PitchBook, and in fact the great majority are still Washington state natives, despite this being a major global business. Ask why top MBAs and other demonstrated organizational leaders are not flocking to such a high growth business. For one thing, compensation is stacked enormously toward commission, even in the first year in which reps are training and don't have the chance to maximize commission payouts through renewal participation. The general management attitude can also be condescending and arbitrary to experienced professionals (work from home constraints were both harshly enforced as we appeared to emerge from COVID and constantly changing for each office).
To US minorities especially, I would comment that there are other, more sophisticated sales roles that are more lucrative and pose less risk to your career. I implore those with reservations to consider a more diverse organization that will treat you with the scholarly respect that you deserve.
