Not sales, not for advancement - Account Manager ShipStation Employee Review

2.0
Oct 16, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Office food maybe? Cool office but no one is ever there. Somewhat flexible vacation policy.

Cons

The sales role here isn't sales or account management, it's teaching people who have barely used a computer how to find basic functions and sometimes even where their browser is in the valiant quest to print a label. Occasionally you'll speak with a competent business owner or someone who doesn't try to curse you out and it'll be like a cool drink of water in a dusty sea of people you're in awe of functioning day-to-day, much less having started a business. The company leadership is in it for maximizing as much money as they can for themselves and running amok in the boys club, the engineering and development teams are focused on pet projects and can't be bothered to focus on things that would help the end users, support and QA are forever underwater, sales management are mostly fools with big smiles who are there to talk behind employee's backs to their friends who have been there longer. There is zero opportunity for advancement in any role. Stamps.com is also a dumpster fire, but that's another story. There's some good people who still work here but they're frustrated, few, and also looking to find another role somewhere else. Pay is utterly underwhelming for the industry and you can expect extremely small cost of living raises and nothing else.

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

Every single person that works here is super nice and welcoming.

Cons

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2.0
Apr 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work from home option is great, they do provide free snacks and drinks and a catered lunch once a week. Sometimes the workload can be really light. Most of the people working there were great

Cons

Owned by private equity, so the annual mass layoffs are very real, They will mass fire people and then outsource the jobs over seas. Expectation of taking ownership of projects without equitable pay for the responsibilities taken on. Sometimes the workload can be unbearable. I worked there when it was still a startup company, So I witnessed the company culture dive off of a cliff after the PE acquisition. Upper management is very fake and everything is about pushing more and more sales. The quality of the product has deteriorated, while more features have been added, there are more bugs and less people to fix them, all while the company continues to raise their prices. Managers tend to be promoted or moved from different sister companies, because they are "good managers" but then they know nothing about the platform they are managing, so they end up not being able to assist the employees they are managing

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