Podium reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,185 total reviews)
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Eric Rea

75% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Podium has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,185 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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2.0
Oct 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Nice office with great views of the freeway and mountains - Fair amount of tools to do your job well - Unlimited drinks if you like soda or energy drinks - Not bad snacks - Gym access - Good parking options - The music in the Restrooms is elite - The product is simple and easy to learn - Large addressable market in general, but it's not a "good" fit for everyone like they think it is. - It would be a harder sell if we didn't leverage our connection to Google as much. Without it, we are just another platform. Quite a few nice and smart people.

Cons

Brodium through and through. Could be worse but hard to beat. - Managers are usually managers if they fit under the Brodium umbrella. Good luck getting into management if you aren't a bro, went to BYU, or spent time at Qualtrics. I can count the number of females in leadership at Podium faster then you can read one of these sentences "0". They blame the demographics of Utah, but the last time I checked Utah has incredible females ;) The managers are naive and quite honestly not good. Their value add is to tell us to call more, say value more on calls, or call more... Oh I already said that. A favorite on slack is when one of the managers tries to motivate us. Just about all of us want to tell you to kindly shut up, please. The product is fine. It's not special. The best thing about Podium right now is their payment tool. It seems to work and is getting better. Without that, I just don't know what would have happened. A 6 week diversity class simply was lip service. Honestly, I could go on and on about most of the managers, but I won't.

5.0
Oct 9, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Team culture and training from management. This was my first experience in the SAAS world and I was originally nervous about running into a lot of politics and bro-culture. That hasn’t been the case in any way. Is it perfect? No. But people do care and want you to grow. In my best months and worst months I’ve still genuinely felt like my team has my back.

Cons

Rigid production requirements. Not a surprise in sales, but some roles can end up on the chopping block rather quickly. Sales teams are growing, but CS is far behind causing a potential rough first impression from new clients who don’t get the support they anticipated.

4.0
Oct 5, 2020

Director Overview

Recommend
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Pros

Awesome office good vibes gret place

Cons

Hiring issues sometimes too many with little experience

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