Mid Market AE - Account Executive Certinia Employee Review

3.0
May 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture that allows you, as a sales professional, to go and do as you need in order to generate business. The SE's are an awesome group that works really really hard to help you win a deal. Comp plan is very very competitive vs the rest of the market.

Cons

Way too many leadership changes. New leadership comes in with their vision and usually their "crew" from previous companies - yet their 'all in' strategies do not end up working, which leaves them without a job and AE's like myself - very frustrated. Of our 2 product lines, 1 is far weaker than the competition and it's not hard for prospects to see this, and the 2nd which used to be the best solution on the market has now been surpassed by the competition which leaves to very hard selling situations. Lastly, the reliance on Salesforce can prove to be very difficult as not many leads come from SF and you often find yourself competing with the SF AE over budget and project priority. This has ultimately left the sales core at FF without much of a pipeline and it's getting worse by the month.

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Certinia Response
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As with many companies, leadership changes are required at times in order to move the business to the next level. As a company, we have taken an intentional and thoughtful approach to building out a strong executive team, and our new sales leadership is here now for just a few weeks. Driving change takes time! We've got a lot of great things ahead of us. If you've got any ideas or suggestions, please come forward to your management team with them!

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