Great product and people - Senior Software Engineer Podium Employee Review

4.0
Jun 2, 2025
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Pros

The leadership team, including Eric, is solid and honest about their mistakes. They're quick to change course when something isn't working, which I really appreciate. The product is great and getting better all the time - I'm genuinely excited about where the company is headed. The engineering culture is strong and collaborative. People care about doing good work, and we ship quality products. The company is all-in on AI, which shows up everywhere from our product to how we run things internally. Change is constant at Podium leadership doesn't hesitate to change direction when something isn't working, which keeps us moving fast.

Cons

The company has very high standards, which is both good and bad. While it pushes everyone to do their best work, there's basically no tolerance for poor performance, and people get let go very fast. I've seen some really good people get fired mostly due to bad timing or circumstances, which creates some anxiety amongst employees. Lately there's been more focus on metrics like lines of code and merge counts, which doesn't quite fit with our usually quality-focused engineering culture.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Great pay, high performing culture and coaching

Cons

High pressure, some can’t handle it

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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