Public Sector is a mess & Mgt play favorites - Regional Sales Manager Okta Employee Review

2.0
Jan 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great portfolio of Identity solutions, customers that love the product and good team members to work with.

Cons

Some of the upper Management of Sales teams are toxic and abusive. Territories are constantly changing, every year huge lay offs and treatment of favorites towards reps happen. The Public Sector team across the US is under 18 mths in roles and the demands on closing business at Quotas which are ridiculously misaligned (Executives admit) and if Management does not like you, they will find a way to get rid of you if you speak up about the abusive and toxic treatment even if you have not completed 1 full year in the SLED organization. The pressure and expectations on the sales teams gives little to no work life balance.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good company benefits - private healthcare, employee stock purchase programme Annual sales kickoff

Cons

All calls & emails are now monitored. Graded & tracked on your calls. New requirement is now to have 50+ calls a month recorded in Gong (Gong was previously phased out but now a requirement). Pay rises are low, false promises each year of promotions & generous pay rises Team members favoured over others Work life balance now near on impossible with all the new asks put in place

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