Sonar reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)
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Tariq Shaukat

50% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Sonar has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sonar employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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118 reviews
1.0
May 22, 2023

This unicorn is a donkey!

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Pros

Once a year trip to Geneva. However, this is a requirement and regardless if you have previous commitments or children, you'll be required to travel for 2 weeks out of the year. Nice office downtown for your inside sales job to distract you from how little they pay vs the market. I believe there's some genuinely nice people at Sonar, but senior management is taking advantage of them.

Cons

For a company that preaches integrity, transparency, ethics, and "collective intelligence", absolutely shocked at how leadership did not reciprocate this down the ladder. Completely mislead about the job role, territory, account base, what I was truly compensated on vs that of my quota, from the beginning, even during the interview process. Of course, you can't find out certain specifics and how much they "spin it" until you're on the inside. However, by week 4, it was time to start looking for another job, as there was no way to reach OTE commissions and a number of issues were brought to light by then. Sales leadership is constantly changing your account set throughout the year, almost thrashing and pulling any lever to make some kind of positive impact. Make no mistake about it, this is an INSIDE sales or glorified BDR role. If you have minimal experience and come from Solarwinds, I'm sure you'll fit right in.......absolute donkey.

1.0
Oct 14, 2024

Work here if you want to see your career spiral down the drain...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There used to be a few

Cons

- The company views moving from a "everyone gets a 1% loyalty raise per year" to nearly no one getting any raises anymore (yes, 0%) as an improvement in compensation process - Everyone, no matter your level, *may* get a $5K bonus per year (sometimes it's $0). Don't even ask about equity, it's not offered to anyone - It's baffling how incredibly cheap the company is, especially given that the company's been cash flow positive and profitable since its inception. When I first started working here, I was assigned a used $300 Dell laptop that had a crack on the case - If you enjoy zero career progression, zero compensation progression, being babysitted by management (incredibly strict in-office policies), zero flexibility, expectations that you sit in the office for 9 hours even if you have early morning or late evening meetings with other regions, then this is the place for you

2.0
Sep 21, 2023

Leadership is lacking.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people are smart, passionate and very capable.

Cons

The CEO does not trust people to do their jobs. Getting things done takes a painfully long time because of this. This is a very micromanagement oriented work culture.

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