A company out of touch - Sales Manager SparkPost Employee Review

1.0
Feb 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Best high performance/high security MTA in the market. An MTA on steroids. Name brand customers who keep buying. Kegerator at HQ and employees encouraged to bring in their home-brew to share. Use Jive as the intranet. Use sf.com as the CRM.

Cons

Most expensive MTA in the market. Recent product release rejected by several customers for too many bugs. Some customer churn concerning. Culture - do not practice the values they preach from many perspectives. Engr- and technical-centric and founder-led culture. Compensation not industry competitive. Stock options not offered up-front, only after undefined performance to "core and critical" employees. Several of MS customers consistently make the top 10 list of companies most disliked in America as rated by ACSI. Employee turnover above industry average. Weak marketing, latest messaging is all hype - no meat on the bones with CCH. Weak sales - heavy reliance on installed base in USA can only last so long. Very weak Executive Team. Weak at change management. No vision. No leadership. Heavy duty politics. At risk to several competitors. Potential M&A to buy the customer base and the core MTA product - not the people and any new product under development.

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5.0
Dec 12, 2024
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Pros

Culture, Collaboration with team. Valued.

Cons

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5.0
Mar 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many years I have worked in this industry and the terms CTO and CIO have never meant anything other than "a person that managers technical directors". In this company, not only are C-level executives programmers but so are many of the Managers and Directors. Got a code or product question? Post it on the intranet and anyone from an Engineer to the CEO could reply (without the "you didn't know that?" attitude). Compassion for a true work-life balance, working with teams that I can learn from and assist new people during their onboarding, it all comes full circle here. Health care costs rose and the CEO deflected the cost for us. Many other mini-perks too, but the best is being part of the fastest growing technology that reaches people daily. Have something you think may improve the product? Recommend it. Your idea may be rolled in to the next release. Thinking outside the box is a desirable trait. I would recommend working here and more importantly, when people ask if I would recommend them for a job here, I think twice whether they would be a good fit. People here are that awesome.

Cons

With so many teams working very hard, getting together for cross-training is difficult. Enhance skills of current employees not only with external training, but internal cross-training.

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