Unstable & Unprofitable Company - werkgeversreview Sales Executive bij LHH

2,0
4 jun 2025
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People are nice and work life balance is good

Minpunten

The company has not been profitable for all of 2025 and they are laying off employees in masses. However, the layoffs are framed as "being fired for performance" due to the company not wanting to pay severance to their employees. Senior leadership is highly volatile and has no real idea or understanding of the work it takes to be successful and hit/exceed metrics in the current market. Many tactics and suggestions are outdated, such as attempting for a 75% in person meeting rate per week by the end of Q2. This is quite unattainable in a current workforce that prioritizes remote and hybrid work, while requiring current LHH employees to spend hours driving around their territory each week then scolding them on not being able to complete all tasks. I was "fired" last week for "under-performance", when my revenue and KPIs proved that I had outperformed the other new hire on my team by 305%. Though they were not let go and are still working at the company. The OTE range is highly suggestive as many sales executives fail to break $55k with salary and commission in their first 2 years. Leadership constantly hangs the fact that they can fire you at any time over your head resulting in a team with low morale and motivation. Tenured employees (anyone over about 4 years) at the company are highly favored and are not held to the same expectations and rules as new hires. They do not need to hit the same in person meeting numbers and constantly "fake" their numbers to submit to leadership. Overall, I gained good experience in sales. However, I would NOT recommend anyone to take a job here as there is little room for growth, promotion, or reliability.

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5,0
2 jun 2026
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Flexible hours. High client volume.

Minpunten

None I can think of right now.

1,0
5 jun 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

None to speak of really

Minpunten

Exploitative WFH culture that weaponizes visibility, and protects middle management even when their behavior is full on destructive which fuels a moral hazard issue whereby bad leaders can put on “face” and feel invincible. Unusually long “meetings” of managers fanning their superiority and belittling you, or focusing on short sighted optics. Members of my team routinely compared their one-on-one interactions in an effort to make sense of concerning behavior. Recruiting, many sales regions and pricing are clown cars of bad management. Don’t expect fair compensation or investment in any capacity regardless of how well you perform or what they have promised. Being a high performer does not change that - they simply learn to game you. These issues are so deeply entrenched due to moral hazard that they’re baked into the culture. Echoing others: “You will need therapy during and after ” but they will not pay you enough to afford it. They manage by micromanagement and fear. “Even if you do a great job if you are not a favorite you will have a difficult time here. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing your job if you are not accepted, however I think that’s their strategy,” said another and to add to that, credit for your work if arduous will go to someone else, and they will leave you with crumbs of recognition for work that required no business school degree to double down on hiding what you had to offer. A senior sales lead who generated boatloads in revenue before departing described her experience in meetings as being treated like, “Little girl, go sit in the corner.” That captures the dynamic precisely. I felt seen hearing that.

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