Ideal culture turns out to be TOXIC - Enterprise Customer Success Manager Glassdoor Employee Review

1.0
Mar 13, 2020
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Pros

Nice office, great health benefits, good clients, and some really fun coworkers

Cons

I thought this was a dream company but then realized its composed of individuals who are resistant to change and forward thinking. The culture has turned around within a year and now is toxic. People are unhappy and rapidly leaving while leadership continues to distance themselves from problems. We strive to be the best of the best (as we should since we are a review site for companies) but fall short in culture, internal communication, vacation benefits, and innovation. Front line managers and directors are out of touch with the day to day workload and job duties. They are almost never in contact with clients and lack the skill and willingness to support you with internal navigation and problem solving because of system problems. Employees are rewarded for staying quiet and putting their head down instead of welcoming feedback, new ideas, and improving the status quo. Colocation is encouraged by leadership but not enforced for themselves. Without local leadership, the culture will continue to deteriorate. Unlimited PTO removed on 2/1/2020 as we are now hourly employees. Work life balance was one of the main reasons people stuck around. But now more and more teammates are leaving each month. Rollout of this change was poorly communicated caused more disconnect with leadership. CSMs partner with sales to service and renews accounts, however there is a huge imbalance of work between the two teams. They have been working on roles and responsibilities for MONTHS and NOTHING has changed. Again, another way that this team is unwilling to face problems and work on positive outcomes.

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Glassdoor Response
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Dear Chicago CSM Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. It’s clear that you’re feeling frustrated and discouraged by your experience at work, which isn’t what I would want for you. I’m disappointed to hear your experience of the culture. Innovation is one of the core values of the business, so I expect all of our teams and leaders to embrace ideas which help us work more effectively and improve the customer experience. We recently launched the new “Feedback Tool” to surface ideas and potential innovations across all CS teams - no doubt there is room for us to leverage this tool more deeply. If there are specific areas where you believe we’ve not done enough to innovate, please share with me directly - I’d welcome those insights. More broadly, myself and the leadership team have been thinking about reinvigorating the CS culture and will be sharing some updates at an upcoming All Hands. I understand your concerns with the change to PTO plans that were announced in February. I’m also aware that my communication of these changes missed the mark for many people. I’m glad that we have been able to work with HR and address the root cause by establishing an open-PTO allowance for all non-exempt employees across the company. I appreciate that reviewing roles and responsibilities for our Sales and CS functions has taken time. The work involved was significant and has produced a 12-month enablement program to support the change management needed. However, in light of the recent restructure of our go-to-market teams, we’re holding off on implementation until we’ve worked through the operational implications of these broader changes. Thank you again for your feedback - I hope this guidance is helpful. Chris, VP Customer Success

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