Cool workplace with clear commissions, but incredibly unhealthy culture - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Podium Employee Review

1.0
May 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Once a month lunch - Cool workplace with high performing individuals - Commission structure is clear and follows through with every deal. - Give you lot of training and can work with managers to unlock your best performance.

Cons

- You're just a number and you feel that way. - Used to have trustworthy relationships with managers, but now they've brought in middle management to micromanage you and watch your every move. They only care about KPI's. - No WFH flexibility at all untill you work your way up to Senior SDR - this is a 6 month sprint at minimum. - Super unhealthy workplace with little to no job security. - People churn out of the company like it's nothing, you'll see a colleague in the morning and by the afternoon they're kicked out.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Great pay, high performing culture and coaching

Cons

High pressure, some can’t handle it

3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Great coworkers, lower-middle management, product, PTO “unlimited” which isn’t true but does allow flexible usage, generous 2 days off for many holidays, and catered food ~3 times a month, regularly stocked fridge with energy drinks, soda, and water.

Cons

Top down leadership disconnected from sales and customer success team. Little coordinated efforts between nearly every department. Overhauled the pay structure Jan 2026, getting rid of the performance based promotion and pay scaling. Preventing OM’s from making the advertised 77k leading to many of us now stuck at 60k or 66k w/ a horrible annualized raise schedule (high performers not getting raises left waiting for potential raises that likely won’t come this year). Nearly nonexistent HR that is hard to get in communication with.

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