Bad Executive Leadership - Account Executive Own Company Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great Product Can make good money depending on segment and territory

Cons

Everything except the product If you don't get a good territory, no matter the segment (SMB, Commercial, or Enterprise), it will be extremely difficult to succeed. Those who have the Bay Area, NYC, Boston do well in every segment. If you don't get one of those territories, or maybe other large cities like Chicago or Atlanta.... Good luck... One of their values is "Build Trust Through Transparency", but that couldn't be further from the truth. They lie about everything. Forced Return to Office (3+ days for most of company, 5 days week for others) except for when they wanted to do mass layoffs, then it was okay for everyone to work from home and they fired everyone behind a computer screen Showed zero remorse for lay offs and never really showed like they cared about their employees. Felt like a number as it got very corporate very fast. They are just worried about going public and will do anything to anyone to make that happen. They over-hired, especially across the sales org and fired people with 3, 4, and 5 months of tenure, never even giving them a chance or opportunity to succeed with an unrealistic quota. It's very political and people go places that play the corporate game. Leadership is weak at the top as they over projected revenue for 2022 and then about 20% of their employees around the world had to pay for it. Pay is below average for most roles and super stingy about negotiating a higher salary. Also, they say unlimited PTO, but that's not entirely true as you will be judged for the amount of time you take off.

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Own Company Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on your experience with OwnBackup. We are sorry to hear that you were impacted by our decision to eliminate certain roles throughout the business. While we’ve grown significantly year over year, the world has changed much more dramatically and as a result we have had to make a strategic organizational realignment. While this decision was extremely challenging, we remain positive about our future. In terms of salary and PTO, we offer competitive salaries that are above the market average and offer unlimited PTO to ensure that everyone’s work/life balance is respected and considered. We wish you the best of luck in your next chapter and thank you for your contributions to OwnBackup.

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