Boys Club with tantrums! - Sales Executive OpenGov Employee Review

1.0
Nov 27, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

OpenGov has a decent product.

Cons

Upper management is run by all Men with an exception of HR. The Sales managers who are also all men will run you into the ground through micro management and verbal harassment. They are more worried about the reflection of your calendar and logging how many emails and calls you made then the customer relationships you are forming. If you push back you are black listed and and Micro managed even worse. HR tries to throw OpenGov branded gifts at you and unlimited time off. Well your time off needs approval by your manager who doesn’t want to give you the time off. This is a company that allows managers to humiliate sales professionals on their weekly calls. Customers are disrespected behind closed doors. Oh and receiving a VP titles and Director titles for having tantrums and threats has been entertaining. Such a joke!

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OpenGov Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We’re working hard to ensure that OpenGov is an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to be successful based on the merits of their work. I’d love to learn more about your experience so I can continue to partner with the leadership team to make the company better. Please feel free to reach out to me with more feedback at Shara.seligman@opengov.com.

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