Samsara reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,409 total reviews)
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Sanjit Biswas

90% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Samsara has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,409 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Samsara 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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1.0
May 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The CEO and pretty much every other department besides sales

Cons

Where to begin - 1. Poor sales management 2. Horrible cut throat policies 3. During COVID-19 putting people on performance plans in May - is any other organization doing this? 4. Walking into the office everyday prior to COVID I was so stressed, my entire team was so stressed. The toxic energy radiates through the roof of 444 de Haro 5. Workplace gossip constantly 6. If you’re in sales and a woman, good luck, if you’re a woman of color in sales at Samsara.. oh wait there aren’t any

1.0
Mar 3, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people who work there are generally cool. Some people are cliquish and there are tons of twenty-somethings running around saying and doing very college-like things, but other than that they're cool people. Also, the CEO is a sharp guy and really respectable. Overall, it seems upper management, surprisingly enough, actually knows what they're doing and where to focus while also being transparent about what's happening both now and in the future. It's quite amazing, really.

Cons

• Team-specific onboarding was chaos • Back-to-back meetings that take up 5-7 hours of the day • Too high of expectations from employees • Not good at structure and organized process creation • Easy to fall behind unless you're willing to work nights and weekends • Lack of empathy - mistakes are noticed immediately but good work is glossed over • Unrealistic deadlines and turnaround • Too much office politics • Bad management (senior management is fine though) • No work-life balance. You will sleep at work, work the weekend or work at night for sure • Expected to literally do other people's jobs • Everything you say and do is closely watched and judged • High stress, high pressure • Set up to fail via lack of support, clarity, and expectations among other things • Lack of support from managers • EVERYTHING is kept on Dropbox Paper. Everything. • Lots of people-pleasing • Unreasonable performance standards and expectations

1.0
Jul 14, 2018

Commercial or SMB still the same

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Company has great potential -Our CEO is amazing -Product is incredible

Cons

Commercial was SMB. Doesn't matter what it is called, it sucks. Expect to make 50-100 calls every day and be treated like a child. This is not what they pitched. Every thing you do is controlled and your calls are monitored on screens around the office. Nobody is making money they said we would. Going through the motions until I find something new. Most are.

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