Great company to work - VP Engineering KnowBe4 Employee Review

5.0
Mar 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The R&D team is very innovative. I am continuously impressed with the people, I have seen the team members work tirelessly for long hours to solve complex problems and achieve their goals resulting in producing high-quality research and product outcomes like more than 80 patents overall and nearly 10 patents in just last year. R&D leadership has a strong vision and clear strategy of execution. It helps the rest of the team in staying at the front of the industry. The R&D team's ability to quickly adopt new technologies has allowed us to release innovative products that have helped to strengthen our position and stay ahead of the competition. Other departments of the company are well-oiled machines in hypergrowth and we will not be slowing down anytime soon.

Cons

We are competitive in our benefits but I think we have some scope for improvements like increasing the paternity from 5 days. I have overall positive feedback about the company and some of the benefits like the "Cash pool bonus" is mindblowing, I have never seen any other company paying this.

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Cons

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Great office snacks, free ev charging, cool coworkers

Cons

Out of about 100 AE's only 10 hit Quota, OTE is a joke there. It's possible to hit quota if you are lucky with your inbound leads, but if you want to hit quota every month you have to do something moreso out of the box. I was trained by hard closers and have a lot of expierence with cold calls so i came up with my own script and was getting a demo a day, and was doing a demo a day. The demos did lead to sales as well, so it wasn't a waste of time. I got fired because of a "lack of professionalism" I spoke off script all the time because speaking on script leads you in to the Kool-aid drinkers club, aka not hitting quota consistently. I was fired without warning, even though I was told I had an incredible work ethic and was exceeding the ramp-up numbers. I just didnt match their sales style, they are not looking for salespeople, they are looking for sales associates. They make you work 9-hour days, 1 hour mandatory lunch that has to be taken in the middle of the day. 9-6pm. Their handbook even says you are allowed to take this lunch at 5 pm to go home sooner, but the managers never let that happen. DO NOT BE CREATIVE AT THIS JOB, DRINK THE JUICE.

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