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Set up to fail ! - Strategic Account Executive IRIS Software Group Employee Review

1.0
Oct 6, 2024
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Pros

No pros , worst place I have worked in my 15 year Sales career. Avoid !

Cons

If you value your career never step foot in this toxic place. I was employed last year in field sales, looking after existing clients. I was promised 150-200 clients , but in reality I had slightly over 50 and a £1M target. A handful of the field team that have been promoted through inside sales, have all the larger clients , and you are left with scraps. The staff churn is horrendous , I was the last person left from my cohort with most people leaving within the first 6 months. I worked with a few people who were sacked or left within the first 4-6 weeks. The culture is horrific and management play you off against each other. Deals are stolen not just from the sales person but from internal teams too.This corruption goes straight to the top.

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IRIS Software Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, although we’re surprised and disappointed by your comments. The Commercial Leadership team are invested in the success of IRIS and each individual and help employees by supporting them to get deals over the line or are available for a chat when they are in our Manchester office. We have also invested in improvements to our data, systems, and marketing teams to support all of our sales professionals. We also provide our sales teams with performance mindset coaches and nutritionists, support increased movement and activity in the working day, offer great incentives, and give everyone the opportunity to maximise their earnings. We want to ensure that everyone has the tools and resources they need to be successful and we’re proud to heavily invest in a range of different training opportunities and ongoing professional development for our teams. We also work hard across IRIS to give all managers the skills they need to motivate, develop and inspire their teams, and we created our dedicated leadership pathways, open to all levels of management to provide ongoing support to unlock our managers potential and ensure they’re performing at their best. These are also CMI accredited which all of our sales leaders are expected to undertake. Employee feedback is always important to us, and we encourage all of our employees to share with us their great feedback in our monthly engagement survey Peakon. We are continuing to increase the engagement in our Sales team and are so pleased that employees have scored us 9 out of 10 on ‘Caring’ within Management Support. We also encourage our employees to reach out to our Employee Voice Ambassadors, who are given dedicated training on how to interpret and action Peakon feedback, facilitate meetings, and lead with empathy. We are proud to have 10 ambassadors in Sales & Marketing, who listen to the teams’ collective voices to be cascaded up to our senior leaders and executive team, thereby helping implement positive change and further improve engagement. We’re sorry to hear that this hasn’t been your experience and would encourage you to reach out to our HR Director for Commercial, Kerry McAtkin, so that we can help put things right. We’re always looking for ways we can be the best we can be, and we would welcome any further suggestions. Please reach out to the HR team or email EmployeeFeedback@iris.co.uk. Kind regards, the HR team

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5.0
Jan 6, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have been with Iris for approximately 5 months and have been incredibly impressed. The people I work with from my peers, leadership (including executive leadership) and my team, are amazing. Building relationships has been easy as most of the employees are open to it, are very collaborative and genuinely want to help! Iris is also focused on equality and ensure we all have a fair opportunity for growth. While we have a lot to do here, it is clear that we are valued.

Cons

As a rapidly growing organization, we have some growing pains and some foundational processes, systems and flow that need to be updated and/or adjusted, but nothing that won't be fixed over time.

5
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IRIS Software Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re delighted that you are enjoying your time at IRIS and recognise all the fantastic things we do for our employees. We’re proud to be a Great Place To Work™, and we’re committed to ensuring that all our amazing employees can bring their full selves to work, grow their career with us, shape our future as a business, and enjoy meaningful work. We’re always looking for ways we can be the best we can be, and we would welcome any further suggestions. Please speak to your HR representative or leave a comment in our next Peakon survey. Kind regards, the HR team
3.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Great product and team. Just no focus on US operations.

Cons

Company has no real direction for US operations.

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