Regional Sales Director - Stay Away Or Move On - Regional Sales Director Workiva Employee Review

1.0
Nov 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great place for rookie sales people to learn or for legacy sales people who are allowed to hoard the good accounts. You wouldn't be one of those sales people though. Seasoned sales professionals should stay away.

Cons

Sr. sales leadership and management on the Strategic team is abysmal. This place is all about how long you've been there and who you know. I always read negative reviews here and think "those people probably aren't producers. They washed out and they're unhappy about it." This is not that, their top sales people are leaving in droves - hence the never ending sales positions available. It's crazy for such a small company to always have several open sales positions. This is turnover, not growth. There's no enterprise product yet so they're dumping a mandatory and significant increase in the laps of their customers to make up for it. No additional functionality, just a huge increase. Good luck expanding in those accounts. If you're a top producer, you can do significantly better. I know it to be true because I did it along with many others. Don't drink the koolaid, the grass is definitely greener.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Remote work and flexibility Size of company is great - not too big, not too small Great coworkers (aside from the leadership)

Cons

- Horrible psychological work environment. The senior leaders in my department were absolutely terrifying and incredibly nitpicky, rather than encouraging and supportive to their people. - Career growth is a joke at Workiva, and leaders make it clear by their actions (and at times, words) that it's not a priority. I remember sitting on a department call where my VP said, "Growth is not getting a promotion at Workiva," and the context in which she said it made it feel cold, patronizing, and disheartening. Departmental calls were often uncomfortable and totally deflating. - Extremely unrealistic and very subjective standards - No manager accountability - People constantly live in fear, but the work flexibility and "great place to work" facade keep employees stuck in a toxic loop - When they get the slightest whiff of unhappiness, they push you out. I've seen it time and time again (which then creates a toxic fear culture) - Constant gaslighting

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