Let’s start with I’ve quit this company two times now and I have definitely learned my lesson. 75% of the reasons I left in the first place are the same reasons I left again, added with some new problems. I was told when I came back that “the grass isn’t always greener” and trust me I know that… but sometimes you need a double take to realize that the grass your standing on is just dead and spray painted green. There is constant change. They will excuse it by saying they are a start up when in reality it seems like no one is thinking full picture. There are constant, sudden changes without thinking about consequences. Within 1 year the SDR team changed CRM systems 4 times, 3 of those times were within 5 months. Changing CRMs is a lot of work, it’s worse when every single time we switched, our data would get messed up and we would have to manually put our leads back together, wasting time, time and time again. It didn’t seem like much thought, or even research, went into these decisions made and it was more of a temporary fix for the time being. Don’t get comfortable though, because as soon as you grasp what they give you, they change it up once again continuing and continuing the cycle. The rules are constantly changing as well. If feels like we are constantly set up to fail. Our feedback is always asked for but rarely listened to. If you had constructive criticism or negative feedback, they don’t want to hear it. Leadership is very “my way or the highway”. Being that I am an SDR, it’s in my nature to ask questions and be curious. Instead, I would get accused of being negative or talking back. Make sure you notate everything. The CEO constantly forgets conversations. Leadership seems to get away with a lot. I’ve seen people talk down to, belittle, and degrade employees, in front of other employees, on numerous occasions. Isn’t leadership supposed to “set an example”? It’s a lot of “do as I say and not as I do”. They like to control everything. They don’t want you hanging out in cliques, or talking to each other about work. Expect to be micro managed. At this company everyone knows everything. It doesn’t matter what department you are in, or what title you have. Everybody talks and news travels fast. Sometimes you can even read about it in a meeting description on the calendar. But it’s not too surprising considering the CEO makes it known that “there are no walls for a reason”. They over promise and under deliver. There are also unrealistic goals with no structure to hit them. No systems in place if you are looking to grow in your career. I hit my quotas for a promotion, it’s now more than 5 months later and I’m not promoted. Honestly, I was never going to be. No one had any hope that I was going to hit my quota, including the CEO. Once I did, they had no training or systems in place for me to advance in the company. It wasn’t until a week ago when I was told they aren’t hiring for that position. This company has been promising good change and growth since the day I started well over a year and a half ago. Has there been some? Sure. Am I going to wait around and waste more time seeing if they will keep their word? Not a chance.
