Went from truly the best place to work to a place I can't consciously recommend to a friend - Sales PagerDuty Employee Review

3.0
Jun 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- PEOPLE are mostly amazing - used to have great lunch - 401K (but match is only 1%) - generous vacation (3 weeks your first year, 4 weeks every year after) - great product - some of the best leaders

Cons

- sales process is a COMPLETE mess (manual quotes, what? it's 2021... and PD has been a public co for over 2 years) - reps don't get paid correctly (we constantly had to find errors in Anaplan, file tickets, and spend weeks following up with someone to take a look and correct them) - sometimes the payout gets "adjusted" after a large sale is booked, and the comp team does not pay the full amount according to the comp plan THEY had you sign because suddenly you found a way to maximize this comp plan - no accountability for anyone else but the IC: renewals constantly drop the ball but only the sales team is punished for any churns; BDRs rarely present AEs with legitimate meetings and their management is a total joke. - leaders are focused on dashboards and metrics not quality - PD began outsourcing SDRs, CSMs, and renewal departments to third parties who don't care about their own metrics resulting in poor customer experience and churn that is then blamed on AEs

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PagerDuty Response
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PagerDuty is for people. We may be growing fast but we are relentless in our commitment to treating our employees with respect and investing in the next generation of leaders. Our sales process and plans are consistent with industry standards and we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in administering them. We know there is always room for improvement, and look forward to rolling out new programs based on feedback our employees shared with us in our most recent engagement survey. Thank you for your service to PagerDuty. We wish you the best in your next role.

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5.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

It was a wonderful company when I joined back in 2017. Truly the best place I've ever worked for in my 10+ years in sales. People were helpful, intelligent, humble (including almost all execs), and driven. Benefits were fantastic as well, and pay was just under industry average but lots of room to make a lot more than OTE due to uncapped commissions. Execs were willing to join customer meetings even with smaller accounts, thinking strategically, not transactionally. I enjoyed my 4 years there, and while this review is extremely overdue, it was my experience and I'd go back there in a heartbeat if I were still doing sales.

Cons

Some things have changed since I left, but there are still many people remaining at the company for over 5-8 years and tell me things are still better than some other tech companies their spouses or friends work. PD tightened up spend to get to profitability, which resulted in some layoffs over the last couple years as well. Now with the departure of Jenn Tejada and new CEO coming onboard, it's going to be interesting to see where he'll take the company moving forward.

1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

they have existing customers, most are churning

Cons

Leadership is incompetent and micro manages. Full of middle management that doesn't help move the needle just tries to cover up their poor performance by blaming others. Poor culture, no one seems to enjoy working there and most are on their way out whether by choice or constant layoffs

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