Just okay - Senior Account Executive Zayo Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of freedom for sales to perform autonomously. KPIs to hit, but messaging / strategy for outbound is mostly able to be personalized. Tools are given to help with outbound and achieving KPIs. Zayo has for the most part the largest and most capable infrastructure available in North America. Has services and capabilities beyond what most competitors can offer/deliver. Very strong partner of world's largest organizations and particularly hyperscalers. Commission structure is generous, typically dollar for dollar of monthly revenue sold.

Cons

Nearly all services sold by Zayo are commoditized, resulting in often losing deals to lower bidding competitors. Few unique differentiators with Zayo. Zayo does have a great managed SDWAN offering but severely over complicates the solution to customers. Service delivery struggles immensely with delivering on time, often without strong communication internally to reps or externally to customers. Sales works very hard to bring in new business only for service delivery to severely damage customer relationship on fumbling install. Go to market strategy is very unclear and generally unsuccessful. Extremely difficult for most reps to get anywhere near quota. Quota also ~2x of reps at other carriers. Frequent layoffs, typically 2 layoffs a year, one usually right before holidays. Practically zero culture at Zayo Internal processes are constantly changing, internal team responsibilities very unclear. Frequent reorganizing of account modules / teams.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Remote work. Transparent with good culture & leadership. Solid infrastructure.

Cons

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Excellent sales enablement, tools, and internal support. Leadership has done a good job creating an environment where Enterprise Account Executives can focus on selling instead of getting bogged down by administrative tasks. CRM data is clean, processes are organized, and responsibilities between Sales, Customer Success, and Account Management are clearly defined. It’s refreshing to work for a company that invests in the systems and structure needed to help its sales teams succeed.

Cons

Ongoing integration efforts following the Crown Castle Fiber acquisition mean some processes and systems are still evolving. As with most enterprise sales roles, building pipeline requires significant self-sourcing and prospecting across a large territory. The product portfolio is extensive, which creates a bit of a learning curve for new hires but also provides opportunities to solve complex customer challenges.

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