Applying to Sales? - Anonymous employee Samsara Employee Review

2.0
Oct 25, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to learn a new technology stack. CEO and CTO are amazing, but, huge disconnect with sales and know only product.

Cons

You want to believe in this company. Really, want, to, believe. Recruiting is top notch and will objection handle all your fears. When it comes down to it, it’s sales leadership. I’m talking specifically about top level VPs and GMs. Initially they knew how to get some good numbers up but when things go wrong that are process/product related, no leadership accountability. VP/GMs will lie to you, to your face even, and 100% don’t care about their sales employees (unless you’re from Meraki). If they want you out, they will actively tell you to pursue areas that they know won’t be successful because they want you to fail and that’s not a one off instance. Unless you can live off of a base that is below market rate and laughable, don’t plan on making any good money. If you’re not straight out of college, don’t work here. Dead serious. Read the other reviews: quotas are not correctly set, PIPs are handed out like offer letters, products fail and they are only focused on the pushing new products. Product features reign supreme here. These people don’t sell with value. Not concerned with keeping clients. If you have to highlight “check out prices” on the website...this is a burn and churn model. Ask anyone in an account management role about hardware failures or even worse, products being tested on customers. HR in my exit interview agreed even that these things were problems and said “yeah we heard this and are looking into it.” Look harder and be actionable. Feel bad for mid management. Many have hardly any experience and they’re just trying to be successful too and taking orders. The website in certain areas is lying about capabilities for marketing purposes. Anyone who worked there knows what I’m talking about.

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