Sexism, nepotism, and corporate greed at its finest. - Anonymous employee Verkada Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The snacks, SKO is in some cool places about once a year, catered food/doordash in satellite offices. Some of the managers are really amazing and sincerely care about you and you’re professional growth, but it unfortunately does not make up for the toxic culture. Good health insurance.

Cons

There is not enough I could fit so I’ll outline it - It does not matter how hard you work, it is 99% based entirely off your territory. I’ve seen new reps walk into million dollar deals on their 3rd week because they got an established territory and good partners. I’ve seen other reps be in for 10 hours every day and struggle to hit even 25% of quota - The amount of sexism in the office is out of control. The disgusting things I have heard men say about women, their wives, etc. The “Verkada incest” is a real thing, and the men here take advantage of the party culture and copious amounts of alcohol provided to force themselves onto their female coworkers. - The nepotism. Your brother, cousin, or relative is applying? Great, they’ll get a fast pass to the best territory with minimal amount of work to show for it. - During a meeting with a director, he stated we should not be “wasting our time going to the bathroom” - “unlimited PTO” here is a scam. Have a trip planned 6 months out? Well if you’re not close to quota better cancel because you will be berated by your manager. Even when you’re on PTO, you’re still constantly checking email, responding to slack messages, etc. - a female coworker of mine brought it to my directors attention that she felt our manager was acting sexist towards the women on the team and didn’t treat women on the team as their male counterparts (only a 1/4 of our team were women) and it resulted in said manager bullying her to the point where she had to quit because it was unbearable. - They work their poor AAE’s like dogs. On top of “talk time”, you’re studying minimum 4 additional hours after coming home from work to pass ridiculous knowledge checks (I’m talking 400+ questions verbatim). - you are nothing but a number to them. They will fire you without any hesitation and I know for a fact they do this so they don’t have to lay people off because that would look bad since they’re trying to IPO. - the “surveys” are not anonymous. Have any constructive feedback or anything negative to say? Expect to be called out in your team meetings and berated. - sales managers are very inexperienced. You will have a 24 year old managing an entire team because they had a good quarter or two and got promoted solely off metrics. - minimal opportunities to advance outside of sales. People who work here writing these fake positive reviews are drinking the kookaid. My therapist told me I had Stockholm syndrome from working here, and told me for months that I should consider leaving. The positive reviews are either from the frat bros who never mentally left college or recruiters desperately trying to hit their numbers. This was a truly humbling experience in the worst possible way. ~fin~

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Verkada Response
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We appreciate your candid feedback about your experience at Verkada. The culture and management style you outlined above is not representative of what we are trying to build here at Verkada, as we aim to create a space where employees can grow as professionals and individuals. Our priority is to create a safe, healthy, and equitable working environment for our team. This starts with ensuring that everyone feels valued and respected and extends to setting up team members for success by providing them with the resources and tools to excel in their roles. We are sorry to hear that your experience was less than ideal. If you are open to it, we welcome the opportunity to get more context on your feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us either through our anonymous hotline or directly by contacting dervilla.lannon@verkada.com.

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