Great company, Appalling management - Prospect and Customer Facing Sales Demandbase Employee Review

1.0
Sep 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unique product and market position, cool forward thinking technology theory, great cultural events, great ad team and product. Great pay scale!

Cons

The management is stuck in the 1990's. ALL upper management are white middle aged men. Middle and lower management has some women, but they all must be married with children. These seem to be the only requirements for the job. Promotions are not made on merit but rather age, resulting in customer facing managers who have no forward thinking and are completely ignorant of the product, along with having no management experience. This has lead to 8 top performing employees either leaving or being shown the door in the last 6 months. If you are under 40, and unmarried, this is not the place you will be promoted, but they will pay you well!

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5.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love this place so much, best company I have ever worked for in my sales career. You are able to be truly heard, no matter what level of tenure you are speaking to. It is remarkable how a corporate company of this size is able to operate in such a human way. I really love it here and have zero plans on leaving.

Cons

Our onboarding/training program is really lacking. If you are not a true self-starter and proactive to find the answers and learn the job mostly on your own or leaning on others, you will likely not succeed. I fortunately did not have this issue but it has been an issue for some.

4.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people Ability to grow Enablement

Cons

Upper leadership makes shortsighted decisions Lack of transparency & communication Quarterly spiffs

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