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3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)

David Lokshin

100% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

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2.0
Aug 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed work environment. Cool technology, easy to sell. Great coworkers. Awesome location (even if they waste so much money on it) WFH is nice too

Cons

Terribly led company. On the verge of a third set of layoffs. The CEO continues to utter "I've never been more confident about our company..." and then proceeds to lose all of his best staff to other jobs because the company is dying. No one in leadership is really open to alternative ideas. They just fired more than half of the sales team that had hit their quota for 10 straight months... 10 straight months... The remaining sales team can only watch as the CEO PUBLICLY has conversations about how they are training a SalesBot to replace their entire sales team. The company continues to waste money on stupid things (MASSIVE downtown office that isnt needed, loads of furniture, and MUCH MUCH more). I feel bad for the remaining staff that are there because they are most likely waiting for their termination. The CEO continues to falter and make the wrong decisions when it comes to the future of the company. Worst thing about it is no one speaks up to him out of fear. His ideas suck and carries a very pretentious attitude at all times (congrats... you graduated from Harvard). Over the course of a year and a half while maintaining a 104% quota percentage, I have never received a raise... That is almost unheard of in a SaaS company. There is no room for growth, promotion, etc. Thats a pipe dream. You will simply be told that they have to 'think about it later'. Many of the values are Trace are never met and they continue to set goals for the SDR's that are consistently met but only rewarded with their termination...

1.0
Dec 10, 2022

Dear Jan 2023 new hires

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Management is very predictable and follow the same annual trends.. so you can know with certainty they will hire in the new year and fire towards the end of it.. don’t be fooled they’ve repeated the pattern multiple times. -The CEO’s dad is really smart. His team designs the software.

Cons

Where to begin… -Terrible leadership.. No one in power has any experience. -EXTREME micro management. -Lie about earning potential to attract top talent. -24/7 Job. They don’t believe in nights or weekends off. No work life balance. -Childish communication culture. Regular teenage style fights in open slack channels for the whole company to see. -0% of sales team hits quota. (Not an exaggeration) -If you do have a good few months or quarter…. They will fire you before having to pay commission. (This is a repetitive trend not a 1 off situation) -CRM is an absolute disaster. Completely disorganized causing everyone to constantly step on each others toes. -Favorites will always prevail. The ones in good graces with management can do no wrong. -0 training or improvement. No one even meets to discuss best practices. -INSANE churn of customers (like over 30%) -Move employees to Austin just to let them go within months of getting there. Zero respect for people. (Happened several times to more than a dozen people)

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