Run away - Account Executive KnowBe4 Employee Review

1.0
Jul 17, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are seriously none left. Everyone’s leaving.

Cons

Was once a nice place to work. Now the ship is sinking. Leadership seems to have no idea what they’re doing, but love berate sales reps on the daily. Unreal level of micro management that’s not moving the needle at all. Extremely toxic culture that’s getting worse everyday. The product is no longer competitive and still the most expensive option out there. Abnormal is mopping the floor with us and newer competitors are outpacing us too. The base pay here for a mid market rep is around $60k and you’ll never get a raise. The comp plan is designed for you to fail, good luck selling anything at all let alone reaching target. And good luck figuring out how much your commission is if you’re one of the lucky reps who gets a closed/won here. TLDR: It’s bad, guys. Run away.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

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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