Is Motive a good company to work for?

Motive has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,671 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?

"Great people to work with and get mentored by" ((in 88 reviews)); "Productive and Good pay" ((in 76 reviews)); "Good benefits: Unlimited PTO and catered lunch" ((in 65 reviews)); "Good salary paid on time with Rs. 1 lakh per year OPD benefit" ((in 62 reviews)); "> Work life balance is good" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"No job security in sales and development department." ((in 48 reviews)); "No Leadership Roles in Pakistan" ((in 39 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)); "CEO has been driving a racecar drunk, and has whipsawed the entire organization." ((in 11 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?

San Francisco , Nashville , Austin , Chicago , Buffalo , New York , Atlanta , San Diego , Dallas , Los Angeles , Concord , Raleigh , Houston , South San Francisco , Denver , California , Boston , Lahore , Springfield , Richmond , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Phoenix , Surprise , Detroit , Louisville , Washington , Keller , Minneapolis , Mansfield

Motive reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,590 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 1,590 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

Feb 22, 2023

Burn out

Senior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can find some really nice people here.

Cons

The culture needs some serious work as for some reason burnout is encouraged and as a result lots of useless work is produced. Not much people to learn from here so everyone is expected to be a doer without much direction

1.0

Dec 14, 2022

Bait and Switch

Mid-market customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary, bonuses and Stock options as the Carrot that got me to move.

Cons

Micromanagement, inexperienced managers, zero training other than the computer systems. Tell you one thing and do another. HR, Management and anyone above regular employee will not listen to employees. No mentoring! Unlimited PTO is a joke. It is offered as incentive but manager has right to approve or not. Guess what...usually they don't approve. When you do leave, I promise you will!! Even if you have been there for awhile, there is no stored vacation time to get paid out. Don't trust any company that says unlimited PTO. If you have seniority at your current company (I had 9 years!) Don't leave. Their grass is dead, painted green! if you know what I mean. :)

3.0

Dec 12, 2022

Honest review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Remote life is very accommodating, lots of resources available. The benefits and HR team are fantastic, they are always willing to help and are very honest and empathetic when it came to certain issues. Salary and benefits were fair.

Cons

The amount of racism and sexism within the sales teams is very high. If you are BIPOC, good luck having a career at Motive. The lay off could have been handled better, more notice would have been nice. Doing it during Christmas was a huge sting. More mentorship and training for the leadership teams. Incredible amount of favoritism for white females..

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