Good pay and great coworkers, but declining culture - Business Technology Support Samsara Employee Review

1.0
Apr 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, decent benefits. Great coworkers and people

Cons

Things went downhill fast, every few months they were taking more and more stuff away like the holiday break. AI was being pushed hard, everything could be solved with LLMs which only put more pressure to complete more tasks. Just like many companies, execs were just pushing for any new flashy gen AI feature they saw online, They were also tracking AI tool usage last I heard too to make sure they were being used. Most of the IT team was laid off in January besides managers, directors, and anyone not in the US. Besides that there’s minimal room for growth. I was told every quarter I would get more opportunities to learn and they never came.

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5.0
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People, growth opportunities, work-life balance

Cons

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2.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Innovative product, constantly growing the platform

Cons

Compensation doesn’t feel competitive for the workload and expectations of the role. Frequent annual changes—including territory realignments, account books, verticalization, and quota adjustments—create unnecessary disruption and make it difficult to build long-term customer relationships and pipeline. The company has grown rapidly, but account distribution hasn’t always kept pace with headcount, leaving many reps competing for limited opportunity and making OTE difficult to achieve consistently. The Team Lead role is one of the biggest pain points. Team Leads are expected to operate like frontline managers without the compensation or authority that comes with a management position. They carry a fully ramped quota while also traveling, mentoring new hires, leading office hours, answering rep questions, supporting onboarding, and taking on enablement responsibilities. While these leadership opportunities can be rewarding, they often come at the expense of selling time and make it significantly harder to hit quota.

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