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My journey at MemSQL hasn't been an easy one. Within the first 3 months, the entire senior leadership changed, a new CEO at the helm with a new senior leadership team. I truly didn't know where I stood. Fast forward 10 months, I've never seen such a drastic change in a company for the positive in such a short period of time. We focused on the key elements of the business and the results have been phenomenal: *Hired strong/proven sales leaders. This is probably the 2nd time in my career where I've worked with Sales leaders who truly lead by example. They don't lead by fear rather by accountability and facts. *The management team focused on frivolous spending and put emphasis towards where the actual needs are *We put a huge focus on diversity hires. It's just not a company tagline; memSQL is investing time and energy on training the management team. *Cudos to HR/ E-team, providing transparency across the organization has been a big change. Every voice is heard and questions are answered in the all-hands calls. Employees are allowed to ask questions anonymously and they are answered by our CEOs. This really allowed employees to speak their minds during this challenging time and get answers. *Growth in sales has been tremendous over the last 3 quarters. The exec team made a huge investment in the leadership roles and it’s paying off.

I've been with MemSQL for 3 years, and in all honesty, was going to leave last year before our decisions to make serious leadership changes, the most significant of which was bringing in a co-CEO. I decided to write this review, as I have seen some negative comments on this forum lately that reference some of these changes, and I wanted to provide a counterpoint. Our executive leadership changes have fundamentally changed the effectiveness of our go to market organization, kept me here, and put our company on a very positive growth trajectory. The reality is that change is hard, but MemSQL is built on a foundation of hard work. Its also not for everybody. Pros: Some of the smartest and hardest working people I’ve ever met. I never feel like the smartest person in the “virtual” room. I always feel challenged, which is what I’m looking for in a job. Autonomy comes with responsibility and success comes with rewards. We’ve really moved in the direction of a meritocarcy. We still don’t have enough people for management to micro manage day to day work. There is absolutely a proving period after which the business will start handing you responsibility. Succeed at something great, and you’ll be rewarded (i’m speaking from experience). Accountability. This piece has taken a little while, but one of the most important changes I’ve seen in the past year is the businesses ability to hold individuals and departments accountable. We’ve gotten much better at exiting people that aren’t cutting it. This is true for ICs, Managers and Execs. We’re competing against technology Giants and I love being the underdog. We have a technology that is winning against massive database companies with virtually unlimited resources. I’ve worked at the bigger companies. The wins never feel this good, and the losses don’t have the unifying effect that they do here. Lastly, the technology works. Really, well.