Great for early career, bad for experienced AE - Account Executive Verkada Employee Review

2.0
29 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Sales enablement, product training, financial support for territory trips, treating customers, many BDR/SDRs (aka Associate Account Executive, Marketing Development Representative), plenty of demo opportunities, highlight wins across the whole org, great for people who are hungry to be promoted to an AE. SLED is crushing it, Corp is okay if you walk into a built-out territory. Hit your first several quarters to be safe for a few more quarters. Easy to play the corporate kiss-ass role if you can stomach it.

Cons

bro culture, clicks (feels like high school all over again), favoritism, internal relationships, junior management (no real training for managers who don't care and understand how to support the team), most managers answer to improving sales are to increase the number of dials and emails as the best way to coach and support their teams, managers openly discuss/share their thoughts about their reps, HR is only there to support the company so don't go to them for support, if you need to whistleblow then don't go through their internal process because you will be targeted, performance-based sales culture and cutthroat (expect reps taking and working deals that should be yours so don't be afraid to go after what's yours), rules of engagement is constantly changing, PIPs performance is as follows: if you're at 60% or less for 2 consecutive quarters then the manager and an HR member is suppose to schedule a formal meeting with you to confirm and set expectations, if rep is 3 consecutive quarters 70% or less then on their fourth quarter they need to hit 80%+ or they will be terminated. Also, they constantly deny unemployment and often do not offer severance. Everything you read online and on Reddit is true.

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5.0
16 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good management. Fun office environment. However, the culture is a little bit of that frat/tech bro culture. So if that is what you are looking for great. if not, not great

Cons

The territories are not created equal

4.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

Pros Industry-leading product Strong brand and market momentum Talented coworkers Great learning environment Fast career growth opportunities Product innovation and strong customer demand

Cons

High turnover and low retention of experienced talent Only a handful of employees remain from when I started 2.5 years ago Territory changes and account reassignments Increasing quotas year over year Reduced commission opportunities Very little female representation, especially in leadership roles Culture can feel overly centered around a "bro culture" Leadership promotions do not always appear aligned with performance, leadership ability, or tenure Limited predictability for long-term planning and career development

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