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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5.0
May 12, 2019

The next big thing for a career

Recommend
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Pros

Samsara has unique things to a professional: -Building: as the market is very unmature, there are tons of opportunities -Transparency: The CEO shares and comment on his current Board Slides with everyone. - Talent people: you can find in Samsara the best talent in the market. People to learn from.

Cons

Nothing. If someone is looking for a mature IT company, Samsara is not the place. This is a fast-growing company with a lot of changes on the way.

1.0
May 8, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Company is doing well. There are large $$ opportunities here, but it's all luck if you get good accounts to work.

Cons

Zero culture, total boys club/fraternity, no diversity. Not even very smart people, just competitive bros who have never worked at a real organization. If you enjoy cold calling all day with nothing else on your calendar, this is a good place for you. Counter intuitive operations/sales leadership, sales managers and upper management have no one's best interest in mind aside from their own. Reps are forced to jump through every single hoop to get deals to close when customers are actually begging to buy (internal politics, finance team push back, forced to purchase through partners that incur interest or you lose money on your deal, etc.). Extremely emotional buyers, lack of strategic and viable conversations. Inbound leads are sent via round robin on your phone so you are expected to not be away from your desk for too long. Most people eat catered lunch at their desk. You get a lead list of 150 companies that have already been called into by the last 10 reps for the past 3 years, inbounds are completely random, ADRs have no idea how to qualify and their incentives do not align with AEs (often get extremely unqualified leads and then have to deal with a ADR demanding why it deserves to be qualified). Lack of career growth and intellectual conversations. Many people are miserable and it is a toxic shark tank environment, overall consensus is that it is an unhealthy place to come to work but no one wants to talk about it so everyone is fake and talks about how great they are behind a crooked smile. Assuming most people are just waiting for their options to vest? Hitting your quota is not enough, expected to go above and beyond for any recognition. Blatant favoritism. Quota continues to go up every quarter. All and all, the "getting in early" phase is gone. Do yourself a favor and find another company that sells something interesting and cares about their employees.

5.0
May 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Work environment is really healthy, people at Samsara are really nice. Very rich technology stack and a lot of stuff to learn. As for me the work-life balance is perfect at Samsara. Always have enough time to work and run my errands and not work related activities. Company loves you, as long as you like what you do.

Cons

As a fast growing startup company we are hiring a lot of professionals. But the problem with that is the company gets crowded and a little bit noisy. Can't wait to move to our new buildings(crossing fingers).

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