MemoryBlue reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(355 total reviews)
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Aurelien Mottier

84% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 17, 2017

Promises galore, empty experience. Run the other way.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nobody works more than 20 hours a week... It's a lounge literally half the time. mB is where productivity goes to die.

Cons

You will make your base salary ONLY 99% of the time. There is no such thing as commission here. It's not sales without commission, period. Also, YOURE NOT SELLING ANYTHING, you're a Cold Caller who sets appointments for other people. That's it... You could call and email... No actual sales. The intensive training? HA! Your first week, you're sat down at your desk and forced to listen to two sales tapes. That's it.... There's your training. While you're waiting for them to match you with a client, you call PPM clients (pay per meeting clients). That is literally the crappiest work on earth. The lists are dead, the support from your "client" is non-existent.... They just go PPM because they're the worst clients to call for. If you aren't at home office, the chances are you're going to get a crappy client. Meanwhile, you're stuck in a $5,000 contract and can't leave. Why would a company do that? ONLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE!!! Do not fall for the recruiters promises.... They build up this company like crazy. They have a great website that makes you excited to work for them.... Just don't fall for it. Please....

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MemoryBlue Response
9y
Thanks for taking time to post your comments in this anonymous forum. Glassdoor is a great place for an exchange of thoughts, so here are ours. We have an extensive hiring process that you went through which clearly outlined this early-stage sales role. In fact, learning to execute and master a multi-touch cadence to conduct outbound prospecting into the C-Suite on behalf of multi-million dollar tech-oriented clients, many of whom are highly interested in building out a larger sales team, is most assuredly sales (unless you consider ringing people up at a cash register to be sales oriented, in which case we may be speaking different languages). If you arrived at memoryBlue with an unclear understanding of what you were going to do and learn, then there was a willful disconnect on your part. Still, your statements about training, bonuses and the work environment are demonstrably false (but that’s the beauty of Glassdoor and anonymous posting – facts can be optional). We will happily invite any individual (or you, personally) to come view any/all of our bonus pools earnings reports and payouts across the company. But as you know, you (and every employee here) saw them on a daily basis already. The final accounting from last month alone easily dispels the notion that SDRs don’t earn bonuses on top of their base pay (for example, we had an SDR earn close to $10,000 in bonuses in one single month in 2017 – and this person did it by booking a bunch of "hard" PPM meetings). As you’re also aware, our extensive training comes in a variety of forms and formats on a regular basis – these range from 1x1 coaching sessions, regular team call review sessions, weekly full staff training sessions, multiple multi-media exercises, classroom-style presentation performances and much more. But perhaps the most ironic thing you highlighted in your notes above is this – you clearly chose to NOT hustle, to NOT work hard and to NOT show intellectual curiosity about the tech sales profession, and you still indicate that you were hired out into the space. This speaks to the scarcity, insane demand and immense respect the marketplace has for tech sales professionals with training and background from memoryBlue stamped on their resume. It pains us to think how well you could be doing if you had truly immersed yourself in our training and worked to improve your sales game. We provide the knowledge, the coaching and the opportunity, but what someone makes of it is completely of their own choosing. All of that said, we wish you nothing but the best of luck going forward (if you believe “luck” is what it takes to make it and you stick with sales).
1.0
Mar 2, 2017

Avoid at all cost

Anonymous employee
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You will get a lot of experience with generating leads in the technology space and will meet some great people at the company that want to see you do your very best.

Cons

1) If you are put on a bad client that is difficult to work with (which happens a lot) you will eventually be put on a program called PIP where you either hit quota in a month or get fired. 2) If you get put on a PPM account with quota try to find the exit as fast as possible. These clients are the bottom of the barrel with dead lists and they are extremely difficult to work with. If you do not hit quota while on a PPM account you will get put on PIP and eventually be let go. 3)You have to get lucky with your clients or else you will just become overly stressed and burned out within a few months 4) If you do not hit quota for a month you will be put into a hole for your salary which will make it harder to get a bonus for every month you miss quota 5)Office is depressing you will hate coming to work everyday 6)There is always someone that is having a breakdown from the stress of the job 7)You will eventually get screwed by your boss in one way or another just ask around

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MemoryBlue Response
9y
Thanks for taking the time to post anonymous feedback here at Glassdoor. There’s a consistent theme to your “Cons” comments above and the message is you’re not interested in sales. And, that’s ok. Sales is challenging and requires hard work. There are no short cuts, there is no hiding at a desk or “getting lucky” when it comes to sales success, unfortunately. If that was the hope, it makes sense that you hated coming to a workplace that values hard work and rewards intellectual curiosity. The upside to sales is that, for those that are willing to work hard, learn the ropes and prepare constantly, there are generous rewards and, in fact, an office life that is a lot of fun with a cool culture. While we do our very best to bring in people that are likely to embody these principles, we don’t always hit a home run. The result tends to look something like the above as the person disconnects from our business. We do wish you nothing but the best of luck as you continue down your professional path.
5.0
Jan 22, 2017
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Pros

MemoryBlue offers a fun and energetic culture, structured sales training program, and a strong opportunity for promotion and career advancement. I was on my account for less then three months before I had the opportunity to work directly for my client in house. I've been in sales and maketing for over 9 years and this was by far one of the best opportunities I've had.

Cons

The starting salary is competitive among other outsource marketing venders, but isn't what you would expect to make working in-house for a software or technology company. With that said, there was plenty of opportunities for raises and commission.

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MemoryBlue Response
9y
Thanks for your open and honest feedback. We're proud of the atmosphere and opportunities we create here, but it's always good to hear about it directly from former team members. Best of luck in your next career step - it sounds like you're on a terrific path forward in tech sales.
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