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3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(249 total reviews)

Steve Horowitz

60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Spiceworks Ziff Davis has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spiceworks Ziff Davis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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249 reviews
4.0
Sep 1, 2017

Keeping it Spicy

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Pros

Spiceworks is a fantastic place to work. It gave me the opportunity make my first 6 figure earnings of my career. It has a great work/life balance, sales management is very understanding of the needs of parents. I've met some of my closest friends in Austin at Spiceworks. Spiceworks, although not perfect, truly strives to maintain the culture it started with and that starts with hiring great people to be around. Even though I'm no longer with the team, I still feel like family and rooting for their success.

Cons

From a sales perspective, it can be tough at times. Especially if you rely on a core group of accounts to get you to goal and they don't meet the expected spend. It turns into an uphill battle from there. The products have some room for revamping.

4.0
Dec 9, 2016

Senior Sales

Anonymous employee
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Pros

OTE and compensation is strong. Good name recognition in the market place and plenty of products and solutions to sell to tech marketers. Culture is still fairly good although working remote doesn't give me full insight into this. Management allows you the freedom to be yourself and do your job without micro-managing. Overall, working at Spiceworks has been a positive experience.

Cons

After several rounds of funding, seem to still be trying to "figure" it out. New senior sales leadership, recent round of layoffs and a significant adjustment to annual revenue projections says shaky future. With that said, there seem to be solid ideas and product dev for 2017. Not sure on account opportunities for new sales hires, saturated with greener sales reps.

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Spiceworks Ziff Davis Response
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I'm glad to hear it has been a positive experience! In regards to "figuring it out" let's remember few companies get to the scale we've achieved and getting to the next level usually takes some time. We're excited to be working through that challenge with a great team. The "recent round" occurred in June '16 and we communicated the reasons publicly on our blog and through several internal meetings. I appreciate your feedback on too many products. They're a result of our sales, product and marketing team's creativity and responsiveness to our client's needs over the years. That said, we are narrowing our set of products. Without getting into details here, we retired quite a few in Q4 and have more scheduled for '17. In addition, we've also winnowed down which products are available to which type of accounts. These changes were communicated at the end of November but it's possible we didn't get that news to everyone. Please be sure to continue this conversation with your sales leadership (or directly with product marketing).
5.0
Jun 29, 2016
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Pros

Spiceworks is truly an exceptional place - most notably, we have a strong leadership team that genuinely cares not just about the success of the company, but about the people who work there.

Cons

The company's focus continues to evolve and refine - very exciting times! For some, the level of "zigging and zagging" might be uncomfortable. We have a lot to figure out as we go, so the environment is best for go-getters who are excited to jump in and tackle big challenges.

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