Pros
Great product led by a team of talented engineers who consistently improve the product's software. The company is backed by a CEO who is a genius in engineering and starting successful companies. Sanjit is one of the most inspiring leaders I have ever met. Hyper growth mode and riding the rocket ship. There are lots of dogs to play with, catered meals, and awesome benefits. The people at Samsara are collaborative, kind, and want to see one another succeed.
Cons
The culture has turned toxic and people are terrified to lose their job even when they are at or above quota. Quota grew 3x in 6 months resulting in a surge in PIPs/employee turnover and a decline in income. Sales at Samsara is luck of the draw based on a "random"/manually controlled inbound line. People with zero sales background will over preform due to luck, while people with years of selling under their belt will fail due to bad inbound leads. Samsara believes in pushing product out fast and fixing the product issues later. Sales - be mindful that any product/department failure directly lands on your shoulders and negatively impacts your quota. This makes job security impossible. You have no control over your sales attainment consistency - you could be the top preforming Rep one quarter and fired the next. With the toxic culture, people are looking to take mental health days, but PTO is not encouraged by management and will result in a meeting to discuss your priorities even it you are over plan. Whether people are hitting plan or not, many people are no longer happy and have voiced it to management, but had their reservations shot down from consideration.