Incredible team with unrealistic goals and expectations - Account Manager SESO Employee Review

3.0
7 Aug 2024
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Pros

The team is comprised of some of the smartest and most capable people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. The product is incredibly solid and is truly solving some serious problems for our customer base. Long term vision is well thought out.

Cons

There is zero appreciation of the dedication almost every employee has for the goal and company. Benefits are lackluster, there is no culture, and zero effort to make employees feel seen and heard. You are made to feel privileged to get to work at Seso. The team never discusses wins and achievements, only gloom and doom. The goals and expectations set by senior leadership are beyond unrealistic. Every team and employee is constantly under IMMENSE pressure to hit goals and targets that are not based in reality. There is a constant state of panic and fear of job security. Ever changing goals and plans is expected in startups but the level of whiplash here can make you question your own intelligence and abilities. We gather so much feedback from consultants and other companies leaders that it can muddy the vision and plans we set just a week prior. I’ve never worked somewhere with so many meetings. It is truly bizarre. Meetings about the meetings. Senior leadership is far too connected to the day-to-day. Micromanagement on week over week metrics from C-suite. Little to no trust in the team despite no reason for lack of trust. Teams are over-scrutinized despite constantly hitting a new high every quarter. Leadership and managers are more concerned with metrics than truly assisting with the job.

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5.0
27 Aug 2025
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Pros

Engaged and aligned team: Everyone is rowing in the same direction, and the level of commitment across the company is inspiring. Fantastic customers: The agriculture clients we serve are warm, authentic, and straightforward, which makes the work rewarding on a human level. Meaningful mission: The problems we’re solving are complex and impactful. Supporting the agriculture industry feels like important, purpose-driven work that makes a real difference. Aligned leadership: The leadership team is aligned, communicates clearly, and works well together. Remote-first culture: Provides flexibility and balance while keeping the team connected.

Cons

Lean operations: We’re still running lean, which means being thoughtful and disciplined with resources and spending. Regulatory dependency: Shifts in government regulations can impact priorities quickly, requiring fast pivots and adaptability.

2.0
3 Jul 2025
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Pros

Really amazing group of engineers, designers and product managers. Everyone has a great attitude, very willing to help. Small dev teams have good chemistry, great team leads. Decent pay, and unlimited PTO

Cons

Lots of tech debt, although they are trying to improve it. Leadership frequently makes random unrealistic deadlines. Company hired a lot of people this year, only to let half of them go due to poor planning and took no ownership. On-call shifts (24/7) that last a week, every 6 weeks, very stressful as there are a lot of issues with the application, performance, outages, and data integrity. Front end code is a mess. The nature of the work is complicated and lots of training is required to get up to speed on what the company does. Lots of US government bureaucratic stuff.

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