Worst Place to Work - Account Development Representative Samsara Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lunch is catered 4 days a week and lots of free snacks and coffee.

Cons

I would never recommend working at Samsara. The work environment is extremely taxing and there really is no such thing as work life balance. Account Development managers are not helpful at all and the Directors are just bullies. You are provided very little training and are expected to hit quota every month with no help at all. If you do not hit quota twice you will be fired, that is policy. Unless you want to work at a place with no work life balance and honestly just be treated like crap DO not go work at Samsara

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Pros

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Cons

Compensation doesn’t feel competitive for the workload and expectations of the role. Frequent annual changes—including territory realignments, account books, verticalization, and quota adjustments—create unnecessary disruption and make it difficult to build long-term customer relationships and pipeline. The company has grown rapidly, but account distribution hasn’t always kept pace with headcount, leaving many reps competing for limited opportunity and making OTE difficult to achieve consistently. The Team Lead role is one of the biggest pain points. Team Leads are expected to operate like frontline managers without the compensation or authority that comes with a management position. They carry a fully ramped quota while also traveling, mentoring new hires, leading office hours, answering rep questions, supporting onboarding, and taking on enablement responsibilities. While these leadership opportunities can be rewarding, they often come at the expense of selling time and make it significantly harder to hit quota.

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