Great tech, poor gtm execution. - VP Sales Cloudflare Employee Review

2.0
May 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Talented colleagues, previously a great culture, which is now sadly a thing of the past.

Cons

Payis below average. Comp plans and quotas are woeful. CF are struggling in the downturn. The CEO detests sales, he publicly berates us and our teams and is of the opinion that the portfolio can / should be able to sell itself. (See Q1FY23 Earnings call transcript). Shameful.

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Pros

New Tech, Diversity and many learning opportunities

Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

- Strong platform - Mostly friendly and smart people - Good salary, but substandard benefits

Cons

- Strong culture of favoritism: if you’re not an OG or coming in from Palo Alto, you’ll face an uphill battle in sales. - Sales culture is terribly toxic, political, and cliquey, especially with the Palo Alto Networks invasion. - Ridiculous internal processes and poorly designed tools (still use more spreadsheets than tools, quotes can take weeks and I’m not kidding) - Zero sales tools (No Outreach, Gong, good luck even getting Zoom Info) - Substandard BDR team with 12:1 ratios of BDR to AE. Got zero set meetings in over 1 year with our team’s BDR.

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