Too good to be true - Sales Development Representative Cvent Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Cool office, mostly smart and driven coworkers, free coffee, free lunch on occasion, pretty people, product/services can be very good and useful for the right prospects/clients

Cons

Almost all managers/upper level execs are toxic, a cult-like environment, lead trainer hasn’t sold a cent of Cvent in over 10 years and the platform has completely changed since then, Cvent is growing fast but not adapting fast enough, poor job at lead distribution across reps leads to unfair and unequal opportunities for success, limited professional development/promotions due to that inequality If you leave or quit before 18 months, you will have agreed to when hired to pay back a loan for the first 4 weeks of “world class/industry leading training” (every saas company claims this, the training was not sufficient and rather ineffective). This can be thousands of dollars, and they make it worse if you quit within 12 months. They say this is because as a start-up, new hires would go through the training and quit to leave for a more well established company. However, Cvent is now the global/industry/worldwide/well established leader in meetings and event technology and yet they continue to prey on recent college graduates with this loan... so slimy

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5.0
Mar 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people and the job was fun.

Cons

Did not get paid what I’m worth. Not flexible in pay. Kept in the dark regarding pay for a long time.

1.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I tried to come up with one, but simply cannot.

Cons

The pay and benefits are well below industry standards. Cvent loves to talk about being a SaaS industry leader, and in the same sentence offer you "benefits" from the 90s (accrued PTO, vesting 401k, etc). The OTEs are a good 30-40% below industry standards as well. OTE obviously it not everything, but it comes with a complimentary bogus commission plan. Sold a big deal in Q1 that gets you to 200% for the quarter? Hope you enjoy getting only 125% of that. They hang on to the rest to pay you out on any underperforming quarters, which is paternalistic and does not respect the time value of the money you earned. My other primary complaint is the abysmal culture. Granted, Cvent's goal is certainly to create an army of employees who never talk negatively of the company and praise its every move. So congrats to them, they have largely achieved this. For those of us who can see past this facade, it is a dark reality. They still refer to themselves as a family, which I thought companies had learned long ago was something you should not do. I also witnessed a whole auditorium of employees stand and clap for the CEO when he came on stage, which was so dystopian and disturbing. Both of these points can best be summarized by when I shared my critique of the new commission plan with a sales leader. We were not given our Q1 quotas/commission plans until well after the quarter was complete, which is a failure on so many levels. When I gave this feedback, I was told its "just a small step back for the company on the march towards the company's revenue goal." No rep should be asked to sacrifice their own success and financial planning for the benefit of their corporate overlords. If you are in SaaS sales, please look elsewhere.

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