Poor/No Leadership - No one knows what they’re doing - werkgeversreview Sales bij FireHydrant

1,0
22 dec 2022
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- Base pay is good, but OTE is a pipe dream - Good benefits

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First of all, product is a “nice to have” and lacking an integration with MS Teams, meaning the ICP is extremely low. Way too many reps for the number of accounts, leading to less than 10% of the sales org hitting quota. Despite that, 2 rounds of layoffs letting go of the best AEs and BDRs even though they brought new junior reps in. Reckless spending and hiring Second round of layoffs (20% of company) occurred despite the CEO pledging to the company they had enough funding until summer of 2023. Sales org has no structure or organization. “Presidents club” included gift card to one AE and BDR across all segments. Stipulation is you had to hit 100% of quota, which no one did. These incentives happened before in the Fall too and no one won anything. No path for promotions because there is simply too many reps Marketing team pushed pre event outreach on BDRs for weeks, leading to 1 inbound. A total waste of time Dysfunctional — stay away completely

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Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience. We take your feedback seriously and have shared your review with our sales leadership team. Our customer base continues to grow, and we have received positive feedback that our product is critical to their business operations. We could not have achieved this without our valuable sales team, which saw 30% receiving internal promotions last year. While we take accountability for overhiring without anticipating the changes to economic conditions last year, we created new measures to be more strategic in our hiring goals going forward. We are confident that we now have the right-sized team for impact both individually and collectively. As your advice mentions, our leadership team has taken a lot of time to reflect and focus on our areas of improvement.We have already started to make those changes. As such, we are excited about the changes to sales leadership with new expectations, KPIs, and coaching structures.

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5,0
11 aug 2023
Anonieme werknemer
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FireHydrant has been a great place for me to grow my career. Given the start-up nature of it all, I have had the opportunity to take on responsibilities that I hadn't previously had at other, larger orgs where a lot of systems/vendors/etc. were already in place. With the greater responsibility came a myriad of opportunities to learn & develop new skills and with that, provided the opportunity for me to grow in my career to the next level via promotion. The nice thing about FireHydrant is that this wasn't a one-off experience. I've seen quite a few others step up and get rewarded as well. It's a great place to be if you're looking to get to the next level, and fast. It also doesn't hurt that FireHydrant pays well (on top of pay transparency) and has quite competitive health benefits. I have better benefits here than the other companies I've worked for in the tech space. On the culture side of things, I thoroughly enjoy the people that I work with on a day to day basis. The folks I've worked with have a good attitude and take a team approach to addressing problems/finding solutions. They work hard but also like to have fun and I've been able to create long-lasting friendships with a handful of my colleagues. I'm always able to count on my teammates to get stuff done, which is especially nice in a fully remote environment.

Minpunten

The caveat to the "Pros" is that things move very quickly here given the start-up environment. Sometimes you'll start going down one track and have to pivot completely - which can be exciting for some but frustrating for others - depends on how you like to work. You'll also likely find yourself creating/setting up new processes that don't exist yet. Again, big plus for some, not as exciting for others. As with working for most other companies, work life balance ebbs and flows. There are times when my weeks are steady and others where I'm working long hours based on what the business needs. That said, leadership is generally supportive of creating the kind of flexible schedule that works best for you and your needs.

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3,0
29 jul 2024
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Remote, Compensation and work life balance was really good

Minpunten

Lost funding and had to let go 80% of company

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