So Many Backwards Policies Affecting Growth and Sales - Account Executive WorkWave Employee Review

2.0
Mar 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You can work remote. A lot of managers and former companies that were acquired have lots of good things going for them

Cons

My company was recently acquired by workwave and has gone downhill fast 1. Clients aren't first. We hold them to strict contracts even when we mess up. 2. Processes are ridiculous. The contract approval process should only be for anything that isn't preapproved. We don't have sales ops so things get backed up. Even contracts that are preapproved require that ops looks at them. Backwards and slows things down. Anything outside of the preapproved stuff requires too many eyes to see it. Also for enterprise deals it takes too long. I personally have lost multiple deals because of a 10+ day approval process 3. Workwave acquired a lot of companies and wasn't prepared. They didn't give us enough resources. We could have been left to our own devices just fine but they required we get in ww sf instance and then provided no sales ops or resources to be able to get deals through 4. They don't invest in product. We aren't putting enough money into the software or services. They are only interested in margins and want to flip workwave. PestPac and RealGreen are ancient looking softwares that are loosing clients due to terrible AI. Coalmarch has been put in a loose loose situation with their new contract policies and no money is being put into Slingshot's call center. 5. Finance has too much power. I've had multiple instances where the process was frustrating for the client and I called out the process issues and the finance team get offended and then starts to bully. For example I've had a few clients not being able to pay their bill because finance won't answer the phone. If sales questions the way finance does things all we do is get told that is the way it is and there are no questions allowed or policy changes. 6. Other areas of improvement: Backwards policies. Not paying AEs commissions if they aren't there the whole month. Raises many times being capped with a percentage increase and not what the market is paying. Things aren't documented.

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WorkWave Response
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We're sorry to hear of your perceptions of our processes and people. It's unfortunate that these concerns and perceptions were not brought to the attention of HR or senior leadership prior to your departure. That would have provided us with the opportunity to work together to find solutions and address some misunderstandings that seem to exist. We understood from your exit interview that you preferred more of a start up environment, and certainly respect that decision. With more than 40 years in business, our focus has always been to run a sustainable, scalable and growth oriented workplace that focuses on making sure our employees, clients and products are set up for success for the long term. We're sorry to hear this type of environment wasn't the right fit for you and wish you all the best in the future.

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