Product and Development hindered by management toxicity - Solutions Engineer Verkada Employee Review

3.0
May 4, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The office in San Mateo is very nicely appointed, the lunch they serve is good, and the snacks and drinks are nice. They are always evolving with new products or features to existing products, so you always have new and strong talking points. Most of the senior managers are absolutely incredible individuals whom are amazing to work with on projects and personal development.

Cons

The sales team toxicity is some of the worst I've ever seen. Top sales leadership is inept, and I wouldn't trust this individual to run a lemonade stand. Management sits by and rarely enforce counter measures when AEs sabotage ops for their own good. Leadership is granted based on performance, whether the individual is a good leader or not has nothing to do with this promotion. If you come in and consistently hit your number, you'll be a manager. Toxicity within sales has been a constant with this company since they started, and it just shifts around from one topic to another. The turnover on the sales team also creates chaos when you're trying to establish long term partnerships with customers.

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1.0
Jul 4, 2026
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Pros

Some of the people are kind, intelligent, and very thoughtful, which made the rest manageable when it unbearable Fancy perks: food, coffee bar

Cons

This is the worst company I have ever worked for. Inexperienced leadership and middle management creates an air of stress, anxiety, and frustration across all areas of the workplace. People often snap at each other, burn out, and successes are rarely recognized or celebrated. There is no sense of team unity. I even witnessed a monkey being brought into the office to be posed for photos during an end of quarter celebration. There is little flexibility for people not being in-office due to family/outside issues. There are too many meetings with no clear organization or purpose, and messages/emails are often sent late into the night, on holidays, and on weekends. I wish someone had warned me not to work here before I started, it was some of the worst days of my life.

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