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      Declining Culture, Declining Pay, Declining Leadership - Anonymous employee KnowBe4 Employee Review

      1.0
      4 Nov 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good Product. Unlimited PTO. WFH (If hired previously and beyond 25 mi radius)

      Cons

      I don't want to give away too much info b/c retaliation is real w/ the current iteration of KnowBe4. I wish I didn't know what this company once was. When I started, it was a great company that was a rocketship constantly growing and eclipsing goals. Employees were rewarded for their hard work both financially and emotionally. Ever since Vista Acquisition and GTM, KnowBe4 has become a nightmare. We are overworked and expected to handle 3 times the workload we were previously while being paid less than ever. Layoffs have caused customer service to plummet as remaining employees are tasked to cover impossible workloads. The Re Org at GTM and subsequent layoffs have significantly hurt the company. Sales have stagnated. Customer satisfaction has declined. We are in a free fall. Leadership are nothing but Vista puppets that spew the same platitudes about what a great company we are(meh), how incredible our culture is(not anymore), and SELL SELL SELL. They are out of touch with what is happening to their employees because they are compensated well while their employees suffer. Every employee I know is looking for and applying elsewhere, but the market has gotten tough

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      Hi Knowster. Our culture has always been fostered by the revenue department and sales teams. Everyone is incentivized to work diligently to help customers and prospects as efficiently as possible and we have our company-wide bonus game in place to keep everyone involved in our monthly sales targets. Our culture team works diligently to host different events and activities globally for Knowsters to participate in, event remotely, to maintain an exciting workplace culture. Our median pays are in line with the industry standards, if not slightly higher. Our turnover rates have also been historically lower than they have been in the last few years, as they have been under 20%.

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