Pros
I joined Verkada over 2.5 years ago when there were only about 20-30 employees in the sales department. I have had the amazing opportunity to watch the organization grow across all departments in my time here. After relocating from NYC for my previous job in Finance, I was more than excited to take the risk on an up-and-coming startup and join the tech sales world. I can happily say that joining Verkada was the best decision I've ever made.
I joined the company as an Account Executive. Without a tech sales background, I was very thankful for the opportunity and faith that our VP of Sales had in me to be successful in the role early on. I was later promoted into my current role as a Sales Manager. Verkada has provided me with incredible opportunities for growth/promotion, creativity within my role, friendship amongst my co-workers, and mentorship from our inspirational leaders and sponsors. More recently, I was provided with an international assignment that I'm very excited to be given the opportunity to take on. It's not every day that you have a company that is so in touch with the people/personalities that they can choose positions that you will be best suited for. It's not only an honor, but I'm looking forward to growing the team and culture.
Senior leadership/executives are very approachable, and not to mention fun, including the CEO, Executive Chairman of the Board/Founder, VP of Sales, VP of Product, and especially the VP of People. I feel lucky to be able to say that our leadership team is not only invested in my professional growth, but my personal growth as well. Our VP of People and VP of Sales were monumental in helping my fellow co-chair and I launch the Women at Verkada community last July. Since then we have added an additional co-chair to support the growth of the community as we've significantly grown our female presence in the organization as well as the allies that support us. We host numerous events from educational speakers to get-togethers outside of the office to provide a safe/fun space for us all to get to know one another and support each other's careers.
Overall, not only does our engineering team build unbelievable products that I am excited to sell, but I could not be more grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded at Verkada. On top of being proud to work here, the Verkada team has become my West Coast family.
Cons
We are still in startup mode and we're continuing to grow at a very fast pace so there tends to be change quite frequently. This can be exciting for those who welcome change, but takes some adjusting if you're coming from a more stagnant environment.
