Compensation is well below the market. You can get paid a LOT more, doing the SAME thing, anywhere else. Hudl will tell you that they are within the Lincoln, NE market - but who isn’t? They think working there is a privilege. It used to be, but they are about 8 years behind on that assumption and proudly convey it to their employees.
If you’re a top performer but weren’t there at the beginning, you’ll soon find you are too talented for their leadership corps and they will find a way to get you out. The buffer they’ve created between their leadership friend group, communication to the board, and actual company morale, is now an insurmountable gap.
Senior sales leadership manipulates performance reviews to fit a narrative.
There are several people in stock-granted roles that have had..."extra curricular relationships" with senior executives. One of which was extramarital in nature and I'm sure board members absolutely loathe. If you're in that category, your job is guaranteed, regardless of performance.
Sales leadership is a joke. Almost all of their first jobs were at Hudl and they haven’t left.
The competitive sales leaders are the equivalent of special teams players who never got the chance to be starters. We're talking caveman-level intelligence. They have the leadership skills of a doorknob and nobody is motivated to work for them.
To make it worse, the group they report to might be even more unqualified to be sales leaders. For example, I would argue that an arts and science major or a failed high school football coach isn't qualified to oversee a multi-million dollar organization.
It’s really hard to have a successful team run by introverts and cavemen.
Mid level sales management were mediocre sales reps from when the company was smaller. Lesbihonest, it's a group of friends from college that continually find a way to not get fired, regardless of year over year performance and who they throw under the bus on their way to the middle.
There is no interest in bringing outside talent to coach, level up, and accelerate the sales team.
If you want to learn a sales cycle full of process and roadblocks - Hudl is an easy in. If you want to learn how to sell, lead, and grow as an individual - this is not the place. Take the role for a resume builder for a year or two, then get out as soon as you can and earn true market compensation for your role.
