Podium reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,183 total reviews)
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Eric Rea

75% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Podium has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,183 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
May 9, 2018

Best of times ... Until it's the worst of times

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Pros

Podium is full of life and excitement. There are so many creative, bright, hard-working people who work here. In every department there is a great opportunity to build personal relationships, which always makes work a great place to be.

Cons

On the surface level, Podium fits the mold of a best place to work. But on a much deeper level there are some very serious issues. Perhaps the most detrimental problem at Podium is this: the CEO has no qualms about tyrannizing those around him, and the rest of the executive team excuses his behavior despite it being unethical and irrational.

2.0
Mar 31, 2018

Great people and culture, but wont last forever

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hands down they hire the best people. The sales team is incredible, the product team from start to finish is impeccable, and I could go on and on regarding each department. They really have some top talent.

Cons

Bro culture to the max. And this stems from the top. If someone doesn’t fit this “bro” mold, they will find a reason to let them go. It’s a chaotic and fast environment and if you can’t keep you’ll be kicked to the curb. They hire great people, but eventually everyone will burn out if they are constantly expected to do 110% or else lose their job.

2.0
Aug 3, 2023
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Pros

Your peers are great to work with and my fellow SDR's truly care for me We all know Podium is terrible and so we stick together like glue to try to help each other and grind it out.

Cons

Been there for a little over half a year and out of twelve people only two people haven't been fired or quit. People are fired left and right, they don't care about developing you and you are micro-managed. I also know two people who have hit their numbers to promote, have actually exceeded them and they didn't get promoted. They preach about their culture but everyone is getting fired and about 20% of people are hitting quota. Also, maybe 90% or more of my team is white. If you interview as the manager how many peolpe they've promoted this last year, how many people they terminated, and what percentage of the org or what percentage of their team is hitting quota. See what answer they'll give you but they told me over everyone except one rep is hitting quota and that turned out to be the biggest lie. Also, ask on Linkedin and connect with people on how much time they spend after work actually working on Podium, Your manager will tell you to prospect outside of work hours and they'll also do stuff like put org trainings during lunch hours or right as the day ends in addition to planning standups and standowns outside the 9-5. Our official hours are 8-5:15 which goes to 8-5:30 at times.

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