Only good to gain experience - Anonymous employee demandDrive Employee Review

3.0
Oct 12, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people are friendly and good way to get experience on your resume. The people are the best part but the structure is weak.

Cons

Disorganized management Clients are unprofessional and unrealistic, company has unrealistic quota attainment, sometimes micromanagement. Company is more corporate now, less family values than they used to be years ago. Work is soulcrushing and mundane, everyone just pretends everything is ok. Company mainly cares about appearances and the client, managers don’t defend you from toxic clients or uncomfortable situations. Will sometimes expect you to do things outside your job description Clear blatant favoritism for Presidents Club/promotions. Nepotism in company. INCREDIBLY LOW PAY compared to national average for SDR role and especially for a sales job in the Boston area, national average is $52,000. We get paid 12,000 less than average. Top management just tells you to hit numbers doesn’t really motivate SDRs. Just get it done mentality, hyper focused on calls and high daily activities. High turn over rate. Only 1 week of training, getting forcefed info from a hose.

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Cons

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Pros

The environment gives you exposure to leadership responsibilities, cross-functional collaboration, and client-facing strategy that can help you build the equivalent of 1–2 years of leadership experience in a much shorter timeframe.

Cons

One of the challenges of working at demandDrive is that growth can eventually plateau once you reach a certain level, largely because upward mobility opportunities are limited within the outsourced model. Over time, it can begin to feel less like you’re being developed as a long-term strategic asset and more like you’re being utilized as a resource to support client needs. Since the company operates as an outsourced sales organization, you also don’t always have access to the same internal enablement, mentorship, tooling, or cross-functional support that in-house SDR teams often receive. Much of the success in the role comes down to your ability to independently manage clients, solve problems, and elevate performance on your own. If you struggle or hit a developmental wall, there may be limited structured guidance on how to break through to the next level. Because of that, it’s a strong environment for accelerated learning and experience-building early in your career, but likely best viewed as a 1–2 year growth opportunity before leveraging that experience into a more strategic long-term role.

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