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4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(205 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jul 17, 2024

Used to be great

Recommend
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Pros

It is amazing to learn about AI and up-to-date technologies.

Cons

It was great when I started at the company; after some time, they began removing tools that facilitated my work. For example, the tools used to get logs (90% of my job is debugging logs and finding issues) and the metrics used are just absurd (1-day resolution). Any person that had worked on support knows this KPI sucks. Besides this, the salaries in Costa Rica are not good; I have teammates with below 1800 dollars per month. In addition, the staff and "leads" are not helpful when we ask for help; the good thing is that we collaborate a lot in the CR office. In addition, in support, we do not have a limit on what is out of scope, so we see problems from AWS to customer codes.

5.0
Jun 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, competitive compensation, and strong management structure!

Cons

High stress, and cross team asks can be blockers

2.0
Jun 15, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing technology, continuing to innovate, with some of the smartest engineers in the game! Potential to make money when/IF the CEO stops dangling an IPO in front of us and throws his employees a bone.

Cons

This place is awful. Leadership (White Boys Club) is toxic, abusive, and disrespectful. If you dare bring an issue to them, you become a target and HR does absolutely nothing to protect the employees subject to harassment and retaliation. The comp plan is a joke. OTE is intentionally complicated and increases after 2H. They've overhired these past few years and territories are laughable. Most people are living off their base, with a little help from consumption. As an example, last FY they gave AEs RECOVERABLE DRAWS for 3-6-9 months depending on your segment because reps were leaving in droves. It felt like a payday loan and most reps took it because they weren't making money. Sales Ops - GTM communication is redundant. One forecast call with RD, another with VP, and follow up with SVP because they all have different metrics looking for -- why not simplify? Or use the data -- it's a data company. It's so unorganized and inconsistent with processes and expectations. Submitting ticket after ticket for legal, finance, support, and sales ops -- fighting internally and externally and having your accounts wait in frustration. No WLB. High-stress environment. No real opportunity for career progression. Benefits are not the best, and no 401K match.

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