Verkada reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,060 total reviews)

Filip Kaliszan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Verkada has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,060 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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1.0
Oct 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- free food - fun budget (will be used to drink your stress away)

Cons

- Massively unrealistic quotas, very few people hit and they will lie throughout the interview process about this. Will quote some people who are hitting who are on ramp target who just inheritied deals for people who have already fled this sinking ship - Success based on territory - Massive turnover in Sydney, 7 in the last 2 weeks which is around 30% of AE's leaving - Treated like a BDR - forced call blitzes for around 6 hours a week - Horrible leadership style, it's rare you come into the office and you don't find someone crying. QBR's and weekly forecast meetings are treated as a forum to berate and belittle staff whilst leadership take no accountability for the terrible strategy in ANZ which they have copy/pasted from the US. - Micromanaged daily with no room use your own sales acument. You have to literally learn a script for your demo's in your first two weeks. Yo uare regularly tested on this.

1.0
Mar 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great group of people to work with, benefits are there, culture is slowly building and product is great. You have the freedom to sale in your own way but this can also be a negative. No sales training or support if you are into that.

Cons

The benefits might seem alright, but they're completely overshadowed by the abysmal management, starting right from the top. Prepare yourself for a psychological rollercoaster, as the management's bullying tactics would require a psychiatrist to address the resulting trauma. While meeting ramping targets appears plausible, achieving full quota is nothing more than a deceptive illusion unless you're working like a 7/11 service station (7 days a week & 11 hours a day). The person at the helm lacks any semblance of leadership skills, offering zero respect to colleagues, providing zilch support or guidance, and opting for insults over encouragement when the team inevitably falls short (which, let's face it, is a whopping 90% of the time). As if that weren't enough, the same person can't even recall my name correctly on multiple occasions, adding a touch of insult to the injury. Meanwhile, the middle managers wield about as much power and influence in the business as a potted plants. Career progression is a distant dream here, and this joint is nothing more than a revolving door (average tenure is 7 months). It's genuinely pitiful for the middle managers - a bunch of brilliant minds constantly squashed by the suffocating chain of command.

2.0
Feb 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Things are changing from what they were a couple of months ago, with a new strategy to make MDRs AEs. No one complains about the culture because everyone is in the same toxic boat. There is always something going on in the office and there are good people here.

Cons

- unrealistic targets - super high turnover of talent. I have seen some great salespeople slip through the cracks here due to poor management and no opportunities - The MDR and AAE programs are pointless. It feels like a lie you are sold that you will soon become an AE. They make you do ridiculously hard tests and if you pass and hit your quota that does not mean that you will in turn become an AE - once you have done your 2-3 weeks training, you are out in the cold. the training is very poor - they will fire you with very little notice Please avoid and be careful of the overly positive reviews. They are written by the managers. -

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