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Avoid unless you like constant chaos and no money - Recensione dipendente - Sales presso Heap

1,0
28 feb 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- product is solid, but lags behind competition in innovation and speed of development. Amplitude is the clear leader in the space and doing 10-15x revenue per quarter - managers genuinely care about you - good benefits and remote-first - decent work/life balance

Svantaggi

- Almost no one hits their numbers, and the ones that do can barely explain how they did it. Usually it is one inbound lead or two that contributes to the majority of the success - Management is constantly changing processes with no rationale, leading to constant chaos amongst us reps - Senior sales management has been a revolving door, so theres a new wave of change every few months when someone quits or is fired - There are no opportunities for career growth or promotion for sales reps. I havent seen any reps get promoted and because leadership changes so much theres no indication of even how to get promoted. I don't think we have hit a quarter since I joined, so it has seemed like everyone is doing so poorly there is no real time to focus on growth - It appears everyone from enablement, to ops, to solutions consultants can't see a future here and has quit. We lost some really good talent the past few months all the way up to the CRO, who I believe was the third CRO in 4 years.

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Risposta di Heap
3y
Thank you for your feedback and thank you for your contributions to Heap. I agree that Heap’s product is strong. I don’t know where you gained your data related to Amplitude and Heap’s revenue. According to Amplitude’s last earnings report, their revenue is ~3x that of Heap’s. Amplitude is forecasting growth of 19-21% over the next 12 months which is slower than Heap’s growth (last 12 months and next 12 months). Finally, Heap’s head-to-head win rates vs. our competitors are quite healthy and /Heap’s product differentiation is both durable and expanding. I’m saddened to learn of your challenges within the Sales organization. Per our company value of “Respectful Candor”, it would be great for you to give this feedback to the leaders within Heap, myself included. I’d be delighted to talk anytime. With respect to sales attainment, Q4 was the best sales quarter for our “Strategic” (big company) segment ever at Heap. Team attainment was >100%. That said, similar to most B2B SaaS companies, we are experiencing and adapting to the headwinds of the current TechSession. Prior to this slowdown, Hep had exceeded our sales plan for 9 consecutive quarters. Heap is now (Q1 2023) releasing its most differentiated and compelling products ever (no hyperbole). Engagement scores from Heap teammates on our most recent survey (January) were high while attrition at Heap has been low (better than industry averages). With respect to sales leadership changes, I did decide to make changes. That was my decision and I stand by those decisions. I am confident in (and supportive of) the Heap’s current sales leadership team and am excited about the CRO candidates that I am meeting. Finally, as I stated in another GD post, I’ve learned that it’s important to embrace economic headwinds and adapt to that more austere environment. By doing so, we make the team and company stronger. It’s not something to fear, but rather something to lean into and overcome. I’ve never been more confident in our team and product than I am today. The company’s response to our 2023 Company Kick-off (CKO) supports that confidence. Consistent with our value of “Growth Mindset,” we (myself included) are constantly learning and improving (from both successes and setbacks). Thank you again for your feedback.

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5,0
6 feb 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The people are the best people you will ever work with. The teams are fun, engaging, intelligent, and just get it. It's unlimited PTO and they mean it, you can take a week off per month as long as you're hitting quota. They have great benefits, fun culture workshops every month, and their internal tools are amazing and make your work super efficient. Some of my favorite mentors came from Heap. The onboarding, enablement, and continuous development is unmatched. They really teach you how to be the best you can be. They don't micromanage. The leadership is motivating and inspiring, but will also call you on your sh!t. You can tell they really care about you as a person. The former CEO, Ken Fine, is the kindest, most intelligent, happiest person I've ever met. I want to work wherever he goes next.

Svantaggi

Honestly, the only con was the fact that they got acquired by Contentsquare. I miss Heap and my team everyday I'm not there. We all had high hopes in the beginning, but then they laid off some of our best leaders to keep some of their worst. It was like seeing this beautiful ship you've built with all your best friends and mentors get slowly set afire and torn to pieces by the cannons of disorganization launched by CS. It's not any one person's fault that this happened. I think the biggest disappointment was CS's lack of enablement, professional development, cross-team collaboration, and occasional poor quality of hires. I wanted a lifelong career at Heap. I had plans to work there for years, maybe even decades if I could. But that all went down the drain when they got acquired. Everything changed, promotions got put on hold, morale was lost, processes were delayed, teams were reshuffled, and the best employees were let go. I eventually had to take a role somewhere else because I wanted more career development that Heap promised, but CS did not.

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3,0
15 apr 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Seemingly fun culture and a good group of people.

Svantaggi

Lack of direction. Leadership and vision are weak.

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