Is Motive a good company to work for?

Motive has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,670 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Motive to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Motive have been left by employees working as Sales Development Representative , Software Engineer and Recruiter .

Does Motive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Motive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Motive. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Motive?

72% of Motive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Motive 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Motive?

Account Executive (273) , Software Engineer (67) , Technical Support Specialist (49) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (38) , Senior Account Executive (34) , Technical Support Engineer (26) , Sales Manager (21) , Account Manager (20) , Customer Success Manager (19) , Sales (18) , Sales Development Representative (17) , Senior Software Engineer (16) , Recruiter (15) , Enterprise Account Executive (14) , Product Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Motive according to real employee reviews?

"Supportive culture and great work/life balance!" ((in 197 reviews)); "Great people to work with and get mentored by" ((in 85 reviews)); "Productive and Good pay" ((in 74 reviews)); "They provide good benefits." ((in 70 reviews)); "Good salary paid on time" ((in 68 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Motive according to real employee reviews?

"No job security in sales and development department." ((in 51 reviews)); "No Leadership Roles in Pakistan" ((in 40 reviews)); "poor managers who are often firing people who are preforming well for no reason" ((in 21 reviews)); "Too much favoritism and bias, no merit in hiring." ((in 12 reviews)); "Upper management does know what they are doing, and CEO doesn't care about his employees." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Motive layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Motive layoffs and their outlook for job security at Motive in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Motive locations?

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Motive reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,589 total reviews)

Shoaib Makani

83% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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Motive has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,589 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Motive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews

1.0

Mar 4, 2020

Account Executive

Account executive

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Pros

Great benefits, they over paid to get folks to work for them. Some people were paid double the going rate.

Cons

Forget about being paid commissions! They pay when the customer pays but they are so terrible at operations they never billed millions of dollars! People left good jobs to work for them and they give 0 notice of lay off and 30 days severance. Oh and they also made everyone sign something promising not to talk negatively about the company publicly or they’d pull your severance and cancel your stock options. What a joke and waste of time!

1.0

Feb 23, 2020

Behind the curtain

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

Free Lunch, Unlimited PTO for salaried employees, flexible hours

Cons

C-Suite Leadership, strategy and execution

Motive Response

6y

I want to start by thanking you for taking the time to leave a review and share your feedback. Making the decision we did - to close One Point Logistics - while necessary for the health of the business, was not easy. We built an amazing team across OPL and Freight and we hired incredible people who contributed significantly in their roles and to our culture. In addition to providing severance to employees, we have provided career transition resources to assist with finding new jobs. It is incredibly important to me and the rest of the management team that we take care of those who were impacted. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to make things better here by emailing us at opendoor@keeptruckin.com - Shoaib Makani

3.0

Feb 9, 2025

Increasingly worrisome!

Operations specialist

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CEO approval

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Pros

1. *Competitive pay, unmatched by industry competitors 2. *Growth and exposure opportunities 3. *Supportive management 4. Transparent top leadership 5. Fully-remote workplace 6. Unlimited PTO *role/department-specific

Cons

1. Previous CFO left in Q1 2024 and several VP-levels followed suit throughout the year. A new CFO was hired late 2024 but yet to see his magic. 2. Reported big revenue growth in 2024 but cash is extremely tight with no clear sight of additional funding. Invoice payments are intentionally released late as a form of cash burn management, a process that's nearing 1 year in operation. This is now apparent to vendors and line of business alike. 3. Legal battle with Samsara continues (with initial determination on all claims by Mar 2025). This has affected the CEO/founder's reputation to a huge extent, in my opinion. The challenges of securing new funding can substantiate. 4. (Another) layoff is felt in the air with high-performing employees jumping ship. People are aware cash expenditures should be lowered to make sense of the sales revenue. 5. Disjointed enterprise systems making process optimizations difficult. 6. A well-managed, talented and respectful organization for the most part, living up to its code of ethics, with one-off sub groups in Finance that operate on dirty politics masking inefficient processes and mediocre management skills.

Motive Response

1y

We appreciate your recognition of Motive as a well-managed and respectful organization. We take all input seriously as we continue to grow and evolve. We have strong confidence in our leadership team. Motive continues to experience robust business growth, and we remain focused on delivering value to our customers while fostering a culture where teams can do their best work. We recognize that rapid scaling can bring growing pains, and we are actively investing in improvements to streamline enterprise systems and strengthen cross-departmental alignment. Our leadership is committed to transparency, operational excellence, and preserving the high-integrity, high-performance culture that defines Motive.

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