Motive reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,582 total reviews)
avatar

Shoaib Makani

83% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Motive has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,582 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Motive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews
1.0
Mar 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- great pay - decent benefits - unlimited PTO

Cons

I really think Motive is on the decline as a workplace. this was my first SDR job, the 4 week training was useless. Managers don't provide a lot of support. Our biggest competitor is basically equal to and almost better than Motive, so there's starting to be no point in targeting those accounts. The rest are old stubborn men that love their legacy systems. People are creating fake meetings to hit quota and/or look like they're overattaining so now people at the company are getting their meetings audited causing unnecessary meetings with upper level mangement. They're also getting rid of a lot of good SDRs right now for missing quota once. Policies at Motive are strict for getting put on a PIP compared to other companies. Somehow they're still firing people who aren't on PIPs and aren't creating fake meetings. Some territories are actually way hotter than others. Accounts are running out, so much that they got rid of the BDR position. AEs have really high turnover and to my knowledge there are only 2-3 AEs that have been promoted from SDR. The company is also slowly taking benefits away - insurance used to be free and lunch used to be catered by good restaurants but now it's some cheap alternative.

avatar
Motive Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear your experience has not been a positive one. We take concerns around onboarding, enablement, and manager support seriously, particularly for early-career roles like SDRs. At Motive, we provide structured internal resources and enablement tools, including Glean and our Bridge program, designed to support onboarding and help sales team members ramp more effectively. In addition, we aim to ensure performance management processes are applied fairly and consistently, with appropriate feedback and support provided along the way. We appreciate you sharing this perspective.
Viewing 34 - 36 of 1,582 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,662 Motive reviews submitted anonymously by Motive employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Motive is right for you.