Good product and training but poor leadership - Account Executive Datadog Employee Review

3.0
May 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product/market fit. Good training and onboarding programs. Some of the best training you can find in SaaS sales.

Cons

1. Poor leadership - Middle managers are inexperienced. They were great ICs that were promoted but poor leadership capabilities. They don't set you up for success and tend to micro manage which has resulted in alarmingly high attrition rates. 2. Too many AEs that is resulting in account saturation and under performance. Almost impossible to meet quota as average deal size is small and long sales cycles. In APAC, only 10-12% met quota out a of a team of 30 AEs. Mind boggling. 3. Commissions are capped. No incentive to close bigger (>USD20K MRR) deals.

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're happy that you've had a positive experience with our training and onboarding programs. However, we're disappointed to hear about the concerns that you've raised as well. We strongly encourage you to speak with your People Business Partner in more depth regarding these concerns so that we may address them. Your feedback is valuable and we appreciate you sharing it with us.

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