Verkada reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,058 total reviews)

Filip Kaliszan

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Verkada has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,058 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Verkada 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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1K reviews
1.0
Feb 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

free food, some people are cool, good parties for holidays/sko

Cons

- No job security: leadership will fire you regardless of being on a PIP or not to save themselves. My entire sales org either left or (majority) got fired during my tenure. There is no room for career advancement unless you are blessed with one of the 3 good territories. - Zero WFH leniency: doesn't matter if your parent is dying or your house caught on fire yesterday. You'll be in the office tomorrow, or guilted about it. Several coworkers came in with the flu or COVID as there was no option otherwise. - Unattainable quotas: the quotas are not set from a historical analysis of the territory. The territories are split geographically and there are set quotas across the board for all of sales. It does not matter if the quota in the territory has never been hit - they will split this patch down the middle, give it to a new rep wrapped in a platinum bow, and tell them to chase the "limitless opportunity".. despite there never being previous success. - Bro culture galore: the leadership team is enthralled by the bro-iest bros who have seem to be the only reps with job security. The girls that thrive are pick-me's. It's honestly embarrassing the way the leaders (especially the women leaders) speak with the bros on the floor. Senior leadership sees this culture as ideal as they dream of living out the life they never could in college. - False promises of a change of culture since the publicity scandal: misogyny runs thick on the sales floor and throughout the office. Now everyone's just forced to speak under their breath.

1.0
Feb 8, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good snacks and games in the office.

Cons

1. Waste you time cold calling people all day that hate Verkada and have already been spammed by Verkada in the past. 2. 7,000 seconds of talk time requirement incentivizes bad talk time. 3. AE territories are split up and smaller than they were when AEs were successful 4. Forced to memorize about 500 useless tacky, cheesy sales catch phrases that are just downright cringey and are obviously ineffective. 5. Quotas are unrealistic, the standards expected in terms of number of opps and signals during bootcamp are crazy. 6. Pay: If you continuously hit quota the pay is worth it but at the cost it would take to do that you could pretty much get any other job and make the same amount. My estimate from what I saw about 10% of AEs hit quota. 7. MLM Scheme: Tellmarketing MLM scheme. Don't let them fool you, your job at Verkada is to be a telmarketer that's all you are.

1.0
Feb 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The food is good but gets old fast. That's about it.

Cons

Just an absolute train wreck of a company. All the cliches you can think of for a manipulative good ol' boys club company. This hits them all. It's a frat culture and disrespect and threats are encouraged by direct managers. Public shaming from tenured reps is frequent and upper management turns a blind eye when the top performers are the ones abusing others. This company has a bad past with its culture and nothing has changed.

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