Verkada reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,060 total reviews)

Filip Kaliszan

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Verkada has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,060 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Verkada 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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1K reviews
2.0
Jan 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice welcome kit, catered lunches, great sales stack, can make decent money if you get the right territory, some great teammates and colleagues with solid experience to learn from. There's plenty of potential for advancement to Enterprise, to management or to other offices potentially. If you have little experience in sales, can be a good company to help break into tech sales.

Cons

I'll do my best to give you the full snapshot of my experience here. You'll be on a 300-350k quota, average transactions are around $10-15k, it's a transactional game here. As it stands with 1 week left to go in the quarter about 35 of the 150 reps have hit or exceeded quota. Yes, there's some who land the big deals. A few reps have sold over $1,000,000 this quarter. However, there's around 150 reps selling, territories will continue to get cut as we grow. The hope is to get to 1,000 employees in the next year. The top reps that do well, have great territories and get plenty of deals from the channel (ie. they don't source them). The reps that struggle are the ones that seem to have got the short end of the stick, whether it be a tough territory or no help from channel partners or not being part of that "inner circle". In the mid-market space, many mangers were high performing reps that got promoted but don't have previous leadership experience. That's to be expected in a fast-moving rocket ship. But, that leads to them asking for constant updates in your pipeline, wanting to be on all your closing calls and your typical micromanagement activities. There isn't much in the way of leading, inspiration or coaching reps to help get them to where they want to go. It often feels like they're coming to you with their hands out, asking for more and giving little in return. If you reach out for help, the typical response from my managers has been to 'increase activity', 'make more dials', 'send more sequenced emails'. Most people have been asked to come back to the office. It's looked down upon if you choose to work remotely. Ultimately, this probably sounds like a whole lot of bashing but I'm just trying to give my personal experience here.

5.0
Jan 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Love everything about this role and company. Great place to work and develop professional skills.

Cons

Nothing really comes to mind

1.0
Jan 20, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing tech stack, they got everything you could possibly need to make this job happen Swag is top of the line. High quality brands and the BEST of the best underneath that company label. Top notch work gear (Macbook Pro not the dinky Air, AirPods, 4K monitor, etc) MONEY. That part is real. This company PAYS! You can make 300K in a quarter if you got a good territory (i seen it happen for an SDR who just got promoted to AE.)

Cons

Leadership has NO idea what they are doing. They are scaling a start up process and think it'll work for a IPO-ready sales team. There's no strategy and more about QUANTITY not QUALITY. They are data driven however. How many calls you make, how many opps you created, how many unsolicited trials you slam on people, etc. You basically are an SDR and a procurement manager rolled into one however you have to do everything. Prospect, Diso, Demo, Negotiate, Partnership management, install management, Close Deals, account management, expand deals, then rinse and repeat. You think you gonna work 30-40 deals a quarter? Nah you working 100+ a MONTH and pray you close 30-40 a quarter. Toxic culture. They give you 2 weeks of training that is crunched into a specific time frame then say you should be producing the same amount as someone who has been there for months. Pathetic management team. I seen him hire a sales manager then only demote him to a basic AE after 1 quarter of missing quota on a ramping team. You are expected to work 12hrs a day (start at 5AM if you have an East Coast territory). I seen a rep who closed zero deals but he had commits and signed contracts for his entire quota and they fired him before he was able to close the deals because he didn't start at 5AM and end at 5PM. They hold team meetings at 5AM just to ensure everyone is awake and working instead of trusting their employees to do the job properly.

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