They don’t give any equity. I wasn’t there very long, but some people have been there since 2016 when the revenue was $2 million per year and in 2019, it was pushing $100 million. There were rumors about some form of compensation, but not real equity for the people who built the company.
Pay is very below par. It’s not a startup anymore and if there isn’t equity, pay should be higher.
Inequalities among departments. This is one of the easiest sales positions that I’ve ever seen. In most companies sales staff have to work to produce leads and build that relationship over time. The demand is so high that the sales staff here get most of their leads from inbound opportunities (marketing’s advertisements) with an immediate need. On top of that, they recently convinced leadership to hire junior sales members to do the paperwork that they never liked to do. Sales salaries have gotten up to 600k annual. The people working to make the business a possibility are making 40-45k annual starting out and working 12 hours a day (marketing, IT, operations). Most new hires are underpaid, working long hours while the sales teams are attending conferences in Lisbon, Vegas, & South Africa on the companies budget. It’s noticed!
IT has no quality control team and are pushed to release technology updates faster than anywhere I’ve ever seen.
I left because I was getting tired of coming in and seeing the marketing, IT, operations, finance, and recruiting departments all with red eyes, overworked, making less money than they could elsewhere and the sales team chit chatting, joshing around, and enjoying a good culture like the website shows. That and I received a better offer.
