Verkada reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,059 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 1,059 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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5.0
Jan 28, 2021

Best Place to Make an IMPACT

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- great compensation - great benefits - great culture - great people - great product - will continue to grow (valued at $1.6 billion after only 3 years) - catered meals and barista + cool perks/spiffs This is a great place to work if you're ready to take the next step in your career. Not only do the people here care about your career development, but they also make an effort to help in any way they can. To point out a few good pros: the pay is great (ranked one of the best in bay area), they have incredible spiffs/perks, opportunities for career progression (lots of promotions), great teamwork + culture (super friendly and driven), and an overall positive organization. If you really want to make an impact somewhere, I highly recommend working at Verkada. You'll definitely be a pioneer to their success and I can't imagine working anywhere else.

Cons

We're growing super fast and things tend to change a lot. As a result, there can be a few bumps along the way. Most reviews that are complaining about the organization are people who have come from more established corporations or probably weren't ready for the hustle. We definitely have things to work on, but I'm happy to see management taking steps to improve them.

5.0
Jan 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Forbes and LinkedIn were right- Verkada really is one of the best places to work. Being in an organization that is intentional with what they do, what they say, and how they treat their employees are exactly what I was looking for when I was looking for a job. Verkada is rapidly growing, so being somewhere that values their employees' input and feedback especially while they grow so quickly, is incredible. The culture exudes hard work and encouragement, not to mention the fast promotion tracks that knock our competitors out of the park.

Cons

I have no cons to share

2.0
Jan 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice welcome kit, catered lunches, great sales stack, can make decent money if you get the right territory, some great teammates and colleagues with solid experience to learn from. There's plenty of potential for advancement to Enterprise, to management or to other offices potentially. If you have little experience in sales, can be a good company to help break into tech sales.

Cons

I'll do my best to give you the full snapshot of my experience here. You'll be on a 300-350k quota, average transactions are around $10-15k, it's a transactional game here. As it stands with 1 week left to go in the quarter about 35 of the 150 reps have hit or exceeded quota. Yes, there's some who land the big deals. A few reps have sold over $1,000,000 this quarter. However, there's around 150 reps selling, territories will continue to get cut as we grow. The hope is to get to 1,000 employees in the next year. The top reps that do well, have great territories and get plenty of deals from the channel (ie. they don't source them). The reps that struggle are the ones that seem to have got the short end of the stick, whether it be a tough territory or no help from channel partners or not being part of that "inner circle". In the mid-market space, many mangers were high performing reps that got promoted but don't have previous leadership experience. That's to be expected in a fast-moving rocket ship. But, that leads to them asking for constant updates in your pipeline, wanting to be on all your closing calls and your typical micromanagement activities. There isn't much in the way of leading, inspiration or coaching reps to help get them to where they want to go. It often feels like they're coming to you with their hands out, asking for more and giving little in return. If you reach out for help, the typical response from my managers has been to 'increase activity', 'make more dials', 'send more sequenced emails'. Most people have been asked to come back to the office. It's looked down upon if you choose to work remotely. Ultimately, this probably sounds like a whole lot of bashing but I'm just trying to give my personal experience here.

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