Pros
Free soda and coffee Hip environment with beanbag chairs, meeting spaces in a high rise. Smart and good people to work with (for now)
Cons
Bad place. Don't get duped by surroundings and recruiter sales pitches of what Active is or aspires to be. It's not true. They want warm bodies who are seduced by a cool environment and slick sales pitch. Recruiters misrepresent the position and the company. Not sure if it's deliberate but it definitely feels as such. No real strategy for achieving results. Just pressure. No work/life balance. You will work 70 hour weeks or leave at end of day knowing you will be reprimanded or fired. Management uses fear as it's method to motivate. Quotas are not attainable. Maybe 25% of reps are going to hit quota. This is after they lowered quota from Q4. Very political culture where you need to watch what you say and who you say it to. CEO's negatives outweigh his positives. Normally who CEO is doesn't matter, but he hovers at all levels and watches over everyone as they work. Everything you do is being watched. This is unfortunate because CEO is talented and his vision for future product offerings is compelling. Training is great while you are in it for weeks until you hit the sales floor and realize how woefully prepared you were. All levels of sales management are good people, but lacking in strategy. Sadly, they may be unqualified for their positions even though they are talented salespeople. Beyond all of this, the books are being cooked from the top level down to the bottom. The numbers are not real. Not sure what the endgame of all this is but something will have to give eventually. Would not be surprised to walkin one day and realize it was all a house of cards, closing up shop.
