Is Motive a good company to work for?

Motive has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,678 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Motive to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Motive have been left by employees working as Sales Development Representative , Software Engineer and Mid Market Account Executive .

Does Motive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Motive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Motive. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Motive?

74% of Motive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Motive 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Motive?

Account Executive (275) , Software Engineer (67) , Technical Support Specialist (49) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (38) , Senior Account Executive (34) , Technical Support Engineer (26) , Account Manager (22) , Sales Manager (21) , Customer Success Manager (19) , Sales (18) , Sales Development Representative (17) , Senior Software Engineer (16) , Recruiter (15) , Enterprise Account Executive (14) , Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at Motive according to real employee reviews?

"Supportive culture and great work/life balance!" ((in 199 reviews)); "Great people and product in a good industry" ((in 91 reviews)); "Productive and Good pay" ((in 69 reviews)); "They provide good benefits." ((in 63 reviews)); "Salary is good for employees." ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Motive according to real employee reviews?

"No job security in sales and development department." ((in 47 reviews)); "No Leadership Roles in Pakistan" ((in 39 reviews)); "poor managers who are often firing people who are preforming well for no reason" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management does know what they are doing, and CEO doesn't care about his employees." ((in 12 reviews)); "team leaders are at odds with each other; some disrespectfully in group calls to junior team members and same level." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Motive layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Motive layoffs and their outlook for job security at Motive in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Motive locations?

San Francisco , Nashville , Austin , Chicago , Buffalo , New York , Atlanta , San Diego , Dallas , Los Angeles , Concord , Raleigh , Houston , South San Francisco , Denver , Seattle , California , Boston , Lahore , Springfield , Richmond , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Phoenix , Surprise , Detroit , Louisville , Washington , Keller , Minneapolis

Motive reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,598 total reviews)

Shoaib Makani

84% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

Motive has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,598 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).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Sep 20, 2023

Grew Too Fast

Senior recruiter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product, exciting future, strong recruiting team

Cons

HUGE layoffs, shaky future, obvious focus on revenue versus culture

Motive Response

2y

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Unfortunately, we had to adjust our strategy to align with shifting markets. Our level of investment has to align with the addressable opportunity, which means we’ve unfortunately had to scale back in areas with low growth forecasts within the business. For employees that these changes have impacted, we’ve started a Motive Alumni Directory for affected employees to opt-in to share their personal contact information and areas of expertise to help get in front of employers who are hiring. Motive is here as a resource, so please don't hesitate to contact us at opendoor@gomotive.com to share additional thoughts and feedback.

2.0

Nov 17, 2022

Hyper masculine company culture

Sr. manager it

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employees are compensated well, typically well above industry. Many state of the art vendors (there's a tool for that).

Cons

Senior leadership doesn't appear to care about burning out employees or work life balance. On the one hand they speak about psychological safety and mental health, on the other, they lack clear role expectations for new joiners with immediate consequences if you don't meet unknown standards. SLT consistently demonstrate low EQ and people skills which trickles down to frontline managers. Broken promises. Yelling. Pings throughout the night. HR equivocates.

1.0

Nov 7, 2022

Passive Aggressive Culture that wont hire you without a degree

Sales development representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

When I started, the people were great and there were tons of room for growth.

Cons

Yes, there are growing pains with every startup, but the treatment of the employees was horrific. A common trend is a manager who would give passive-aggressive remarks and try to halt the internal growth of their team members. This can be said for leaders on both the sales and HR sides. Additionally, upper leadership says they care about diversity, but it is very well known that they only like to hire people with bachelor's degrees. Not having a degree has now become an excuse to not hire diverse people, and that is very clear.

Motive Response

3y

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We're sorry to hear that your experience at Motive is not living up to your expectations. At motive, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To improve representation amongst our teams, we host and sponsor recruiting events focused on underrepresented groups to attract top talent. In the past year, we have sponsored Sistas in Sales, Techqueria, AfroTech, Women Who Code, Lesbians Who Tech, Women Impact Tech, Latinas in Tech, and Catalyst. Most importantly, our managers are regularly trained on unconscious bias, inclusive leadership, anti-discrimination, and building trust and psychological safety on teams. Your experience is not one we will tolerate and we'd like to discuss it in more detail so that we can address it and improve going forward. Please contact us at opendoor@gomotive.com to help us understand in more detail. Thank you again for your insight, it helps us grow and make Motive better.

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