Samsara reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,407 total reviews)
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Sanjit Biswas

90% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Samsara has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,407 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Samsara 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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2.0
Aug 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing leadership and incredibly talented engineering team, UX design, and product-market fit. Very intelligent on how to go to the market and be successful in henceforth difficult to enter fleet/trucking/industrial markets against large number of competitors.

Cons

Ruthless and unforgiving culture with a hire fast fire fast mentality. Unless you are coming over from Meraki or have strong relationships with mid to senior leadership it will likely not go well for you unless you get lucky. There is a manually controlled lead management system that is said to be a "round robin". In auditing this process there is frequently a 3-10x swing between reps in terms of the number of inbounds they receive. The entire company works this way, producing a culture which doesn't promote based on merit. You're better off going to an early stage company where you can potentially get equity.

2.0
Aug 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Best technology in the industry.

Cons

Toxic sales culture where reps rely on a “random” queue for leads and regularly get fired for performance after attaining quota. Reps are underpaid and told during hiring process that average quota attainment is 150% which is not at all true.

1.0
Dec 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing at all, toxic environment

Cons

Samsara wasn’t my first choice to work at, but COVID times got the best of me. You will crash and burn working here. You’re expected to design like a cog in a mill, regardless of what they’ll tell you in the interview process. It’s not even worth it for the “name” on your resume, because even Bay Area folks don’t know what Samsara is/does. I’ve had co workers call me and cry about the toxicity they’ve been through from leadership. The lack of talent and quality designers here is due to the fact that they pay low and most have left even before the company went IPO. The ones left are just in it to get that IPO $$$. Everyone is stressed or looking for their next company. Please don’t go through this torment.

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Samsara Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience, and we're sorry to hear it wasn't a positive one. Our team strives to provide employees with a healthy work environment and has expanded our wellness resources, management training, and opportunities for feedback to our People Partners. That said, as we adapt to new work conditions with our new flexible work model, we have so much room to learn and grow. If you're open to providing more feedback, we'd appreciate including your perspective on that and can do so by reaching out to our People team.
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