Steer clear - Account Executive FierceMarkets Employee Review

Includes fun domestic/international travel to tradeshows in places like Las Vegas, New Orleans, and several spots in Europe depending on your vertical. Also, there's an opportunity to make a lot of money, and work a young, fun office environment with great people. I've worked in sales here for 6 years and would recommend my position to anyone that's looking to make a career out of it.

Historically the company has lacked a lot of structure/processes, so this has resulted in a lack of clear communication and direction to employees at times. Lately, there's been a lot of focus in these areas with the help of new hires in management roles, but there's still room for improvement.

Fierce used to be a really robust, exciting company to work at. Change ups in management (fueled by 3 of the top managers leaving to found a rival company) have led to less innovation but a bit more room for promotion for staff working in Operations and Editorial.

If you work in the right department, you're constantly praised. If you're in a vertical that hasn't been set up for success (poor management, difficult audience, etc) you'll feel constantly on the verge of losing your job. There's essentially no HR presence for this 20+ million dollar company. As a result, inappropriate behavior runs rampant and the worst comes from senior management. Sales base salaries are really low, and even when you are promoted you're looking at a $1-2k base raise at best. Commission was cut recently despite ever-growing, unrealistic sales goals. As a result, most of the team are unhappy and leaving. Management can't figure out how to slow the bleeding and continue to promise higher revenue numbers and profits to VCs and investors, despite declining sales numbers and declining ad results.