Only apply for sales job if you are a young male and can’t think for yourself - Account Executive - West MongoDB Employee Review

1.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

For supposedly Open Source (it’s not really) the technology is good but in a super competitive and saturated market.

Cons

Leadership. Cut throat...like old school Oracle, EMC, PTC old school. If you are a female in sales run don’t walk away. If you are older (35+) you will be in super minority. Leadership wants you to be a robot and sell how they tell you.

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MongoDB Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we respect your concerns. We are sorry you had this experience — diversity is an important issue that we are passionate about at MongoDB across all of our departments and business functions. We are committed to making sure all employees of MongoDB belong and can be successful in their role here. While we do have a complex product, enabling our sales team to be successful in the market is a key area of focus for us as a business. We take these concerns seriously and if you are open to sharing more, we encourage you to reach out to your People Partner or send an email to jess.katz@mongodb.com.

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Cons

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