Pros
The people I worked with directly were great- I personally have no complaints about my coworkers or managers. Free food at HQ and budgets for employee bonding was a nice plus as well.
Cons
I'm not one to leave bad reviews, but I really want to help stop someone from making the mistake that I did by working here. The AAE program is a complete joke and feels like more of an experiment than a real job. They trick college kids into working here because they don't know any better, and at least 60% of AAEs quit. The recruiters will outright lie to you about how much money AEs make, the turnover rate, "signing bonuses", and whatever else will help them hit their quota. This is just the beginning of the slimy sales tactics Verkada uses and if I were to dive into everything wrong with this company it would be a 30 minute read. As a Verkada AAE you will: -Make ~25k less than the average SDR -Have a quota more than 3x the average tech SDR (with NO commission) -Have less job security than any of your SDR friends -Throw away your weekends and week nights studying for ridiculous tests -Even if you get promoted to AE, many companies (mostly in the Bay Area) do not take Verkada AEs seriously because they know about the culture and fast tracked program. Some AAE graduates who become AEs are forced to restart their tech sales careers as an SDR at another company when they leave Verkada. Talk to anyone who has left Verkada and you'll get the same things you heard in this review. It's a shame because I have hear Verkada was a great place to work a few years ago.
