The Role No One Can Survive - Customer Success Manager AppFolio Employee Review

2.0
Oct 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wonderful company culture with hardworking, motivate employees that all work towards a shared goal and enthusiasm for the product and customers.

Cons

Customer Success is not there to help clients succeed, it is online software support to reactive instances. Expectations are conflicting between providing a supportive experience, but resolving the issue as fast as possible while juggling numerous responsibilities. Work life balance is encouraged, but is not feasible in frequent flows of employee turnover. Pay is not equal to the role and lower than most for the role in SaaS.

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AppFolio Response
6y
Making sure that our customers are able to successfully run their businesses and get the help and training they need is incredibly important and impactful to our business. We have awards and tons of really positive customer feedback expressing the value of the customer success role - you are part of a team who is dedicated to helping our customers succeed. You are right that you are in a challenging role: learning the product and our customers business takes time and a significant investment on your part. These are great early career opportunities that require you to lean in and experience a fast-paced, high growth company. The skills you learn in this role are in high demand in Client Services and other teams at AppFolio and there are a ton of great opportunities for you to grow your career. If you feel like you don%E2%80%99t have enough visibility into what these opportunities are you should reach out to your manager to discuss your options.

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Thank you for sharing your feedback. It’s great to hear that you enjoyed our culture and team outings. We take your comments seriously – especially regarding the need for proactive management support, better coaching, and clearer advancement opportunities for our BDR and AE teams – and we are actively working to address these areas to ensure our reps feel supported and set up for long-term success. Thank you again for helping us improve, and we wish you the very best.
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