-to get you t o join, Verkada recruiters will sell a dream of $1M W2's and tons of opportunity to sell, which is a lie.
-Unless you get a patch/territory with a partner/channel presence, you will be prospecting all day to hit a $350k.quarterly quota. For example, some territories generate 50%+ of a reps revenue from submitted deals from partners. A rep will not even talk to the partner or the buyer. Others, have under 5%.
-managers will tell you "not to leave your seat" or call you at home when you do not have a blocked calendar to "check in on you"
-During a pandemic, the managers will constantly heckle you to get into the office. No one has been strict on wearing masks until the VICE story.
- you will have 2 meetings per day with your team and manager, 730 am and 430 pm, to make sure you were productive.
- You will literally forecast your pipeline 5 times per week and be urged to inflate commits, even though they are not accurate, then ask why you didn't accurately report your numbers.
-you will feel as if your job is on the line if you miss by 5%
-I've seen about 30% of sales get cut then replaced every quarter
-Managers are sellers with 2 years of experience. They will treat all their reps as BDRs, join the deal in the end, and either kill it, or sell it at a deeper discount to get the deal done.
-you will receive NO SALES learning or guidance from your leaders, unless this is your first job. EVERYTHING taught is a "Verkada" playbook which is stale, and worked in 2019, but is forceful/aggressive and damages relationships to get a deal closed
-From leaderships mouth "the Verkada standard is 100% of your quota every quarter. Don't ever miss"
- Leaders will look at your daily call and email metrics. If you are not hitting, they will ask you to make more.
-You will burn out after your first quarter here.
-Sexual harassment was rampant up until a VICE story came out on October 26th. It has plagued the company since inception.
- If you are not in the Bro network of Danville Alumni, you will not receive a patch/territory worth anything and will not hit your aggressive quota.
-"Successful" reps are handed territories that have been cultivated and have partners who hand Verkada purchase orders. These reps never have to make a dial. Meanwhile, the reps who aren't in the FAVORITES group, have to work all day prospecting into accounts, get scrutinized when they don't hit, and don't get rewarded for the effort.
-The toxicity will bleed into your normal life and you will regret working here.
