Good place to start your career, not a great place to stay - Sales Sovos Employee Review

3.0
2 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people that worked there made it very enjoyable. It was also a fairly low bar for entry. It is a great place to start a career in software, and get experience. You are able to get a couple promotions in a few years to show a better job title.

Cons

Their model is to hire high potential, but low experience employees and then churn them out every few years. Because of this, the pay is terrible. Do not expect to get paid your market value. Come in with no experience, get a couple promotions, then go find another job that pays well. I got a 60% increase when I left. Also, most of the competent sales leadership has left since I left. I can't speak for new leadership, but I do not get good reviews from people I am still connected with there.

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Sovos Response
2y
Hello, thank you for your review. I agree the people here create a positive and fun work environment that makes Sovos a great place to work. We aim to be open and honest in our hiring process to ensure we’re a good match for each other. We take pride in the career development opportunities we provide our employees to be promoted. A key tool driving this culture in our sales teams is our regular, structured performance review processes where employees can recap their accomplishments each quarter and each year and discuss their career goals with their manager to ensure you’re getting the resources you need to take your career to the next level. Regarding your comment on churn and market-value pay, we do not operate by the plan you have stated. It is true that we want to be an accessible employer and break down barriers to entry. However, we benchmark our compensation structures regularly to remain fair to our employees and competitive in our market. We do hold our employees accountable for their performance and expect that they will be hitting their goals, and they will be rewarded based on their success. We have added new leadership to our teams and have been receiving great feedback from employees, customers, and investors on the new ideas these leaders have been bringing in and implementing. Finally, DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) is an extremely important topic and conversation to us here at Sovos. With one of our core values as Be Inclusive, we expect this is a shared value throughout our teams and leadership. We will continue to carve out time and resources to ensure we are continually improving, growing, and learning together on DEIB topics. We are committed to providing a safe place for employees to bring their whole selves to work every day and we know there are always improvements we can make. I am sorry you do not share this value. Thank you for providing your thoughts. We wish you the best of luck with your career beyond Sovos. Alice Katwan - President, Revenue

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5.0
18 May 2026
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Pros

I had a great experience thru the Recruiting process with Sovos. Cassie was very honest and open answering all my questions.

Cons

There were no cons at all.

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Sovos Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing this, and welcome to the team! It's wonderful to hear that your recruiting experience set such a positive tone from the start. Cassie is a great example of the kind of Sovosians we are proud to have representing our culture, and knowing she made you feel informed and at ease throughout the process genuinely matters to us. We also love hearing that your first day onboarding helped you connect with our values and get a feel for what we do. That experience is something we work hard to get right, and your feedback confirms it's landing the way we intend. We're glad you're here, and we look forward to growing together. Gregg Spratto President
1.0
20 May 2026
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Pros

Being Remote and standard benefits

Cons

Sales leadership is horrendous. New people are brought in not trained, aggressive targets (that have never been hit) usually designed to be the escape goats to protect the old guard. Long tenured sales protects the existing power structures. When results slip, they blame newer reps. New hires don’t hit, quotas unrealistic, weak implementation. Nightmare of a company, the worst I have ever worked at.

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Sovos Response
3w
Thank you for taking the time to share this. Feedback matters, even when we see things differently. Quota-setting and new hire ramp structures are areas we invest in seriously - they're because we want our sellers to win, not to set anyone up to fail. That's the culture we've built, and it's one I'm proud of. That said, I do hear that your experience hasn't matched that intent. If there are specific gaps in how you were onboarded or supported, I'd genuinely like to understand them so we can keep getting better. Please connect with HR or reach out to me directly. We're committed to building a team where every rep has a real shot at success! Alice Katwan, President of Revenue, Sovos
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