Apollo.io could easily be the best job you have ever had but they lack one major thing, leadership skills.
During my time at Apollo.io I quickly realized how employees were pons to the CEO. In my first week my Sales Manager got fired and 2 candidates who were still onboarding quit. A really GREAT sales manager to say the least who made a humanly mistake and got cut for it.
Which takes me to my next con. You could be working at Apollo.io and think you are having a great run and then get fired out of no where.
Apollo.io had a high rotation rate during my time there and unless you were a great sales person who knew the product prior to joining, you were not being set up to succeed.
They would hire a bunch of people and then fire of bunch of people like literal pons.
I had 3 Sales managers during my stay and I was only there 6 months. From Account Executive they forced us into account management roles and had 0 to no care of what we thought, feared, or wanted.
A really awesome work environment quickly turned to working in fear and I´m 100% positive that all of my colleagues felt the same way.
A company with real leadership and culture doesnt cut you from the team because you made a mistake. For as long as I can remember companies have been giving warnings, 3 strikes, development sessions, to grow their talent instead of reclycing them, and that is exactly what Apollo.io does, they farm talent and then exploit them to their benefit and thats why the. majority of them are based in Asia.
I love the product, love it´s potential, but really disappointed with their leadership in general, rookies fighting to keep their job.
