You're Unlikely to Succeed Here - Account Executive Podium Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good OTE if you hit quota (22% of the organization hit quota in July, this is above average) Easy to get hired

Cons

Podium hires classes of 30-40 AEs every two weeks, takes the top 2 or 3, and fires the rest within a month. Their training is laughably disorganized and long-winded. A simple lesson that could be video is stretched into 3, 1-hour long podcasts like zoom calls. While important training like how to send a quote or give a demo is skipped or forgotten about until after you need them. You're expected to close a deal on your own within the first 2 weeks of hiring or you'll be put on a 3 day PIP. Statistically, you have a 6-7% chance of making it out of their training program, only to be part of a sales team that regularly has less than 20% quota attainment. Good luck I would strongly recommend going elsewhere.

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Great pay, high performing culture and coaching

Cons

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2.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Cool office building, learn from some of the best sales reps you’ll come across in your career

Cons

I worked at podium for a few years. It was the most toxic sales culture I’ve ever experienced. I do not say that lightly It was worth the money a year/two plus ago. They raised quotas multiple times in the last year and decreased the commission percentages. It is wild how many hoops an ae had to jump through to close a deal. In my 7+ of being in sales it was probably the hardest sale to close and I was a top rep. If you want to join podium it could be a good learning experience but it will come with a lot of headaches, anxiety about job security (they pip sales reps out like no other company I’ve ever worked for) and maybe some tears

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