Podium reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,190 total reviews)
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Eric Rea

73% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Podium has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Podium employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Aug 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- there are some cool people there

Cons

- I was an account executive 2 and when hired I was told I would be given a certain amount of help to get to Quota so I could have some work/life balance. I was there almost a year and had an SDR maybe 2 months. I would have to self source the same as people with someone getting them 10 deals a month. Discouraged to take time off till you hit quota and roughly 20% of people actually hit it a month WITH an SDR. After they started saying I would be disciplined if I didn’t hit i was out. They over sell the vision, you have no support and if a good SDR comes around you know they will be moved to a Sr AE. Would never recommend this job - also the just did a second round of layoffs, they manage a business about as good as the pac 12 manages a conference

2.0
Aug 10, 2023

The future looks dreary with a chance of complete failure

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Went through YC Combinator so a lot of business concepts, operations, and tools match what you could expect to work with at other YC companies (if this sounds appealing, note that YC Continuity is no longer on Podium's board and pulled out of all involvement they'd formerly had with Podium) - There are some talented employees in the designer, engineering, and product departments

Cons

- Podium saves money by not matching employee 401k contributions - Poor quality health insurance with high premiums - Leadership is panicking as the company continues to drastically miss its revenue targets - At one point a person of the week was described as having earned it because she worked through an illness where she was throwing up between customer calls. This was presented to the entire company as if it were the ideal employee effort - The company does not respect sick days, but instead promotes working through illness with a Slack status of "not feeling 100%" - Heavy bro culture with a Mormon twist. The CEO frequently asserts his fellow Mormon employees as being the 'in-crowd'

1.0
Aug 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have good health benefits. Most of the people are nice.

Cons

Persistently unstable leadership resulting in layoffs and high employee turnover. Dominant culture of favoritism leading to loss of skilled individuals and fostering an oppressive work environment. Lack of diversity and inclusion, with minority groups underrepresented, particularly in upper management. Reduction in essential employee benefits, creating dissatisfaction and demotivation among the workforce. Absence of transparency, particularly in promotion decisions, resulting in a culture where personal affiliations are valued over qualifications and merit.

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