Take the good with the bad - Recensione dipendente - Regional Account Manager presso KnowBe4

2,0
29 giu 2021
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Best in market product at best-in-market pricing. "Unlimited" PTO. Amazing training at on-boarding.

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Micromanagment on micromanagement. 99% Cold-Calling. what little lead generation/distribution is not transparent. Managment doesn't listen, they dictate, always referencing policy and not common sense. Pushing to return to office in a Work-from-home world, simply because it suits managment (did a survey, didn't share results in a transparent display, and it appears they don't care, they're still bound and determined to pull staff back to offices). "Unlimited" PTO is actually limited - and you won't get it (or have it pulled back) if you miss your quota. And you can't take it during certain blackout dates (well, if you're not in sales, those limitations don't apply). PTO is in reality an earned benefit, not an entitled benefit as most companies provide (ie: weeks specified in writing at time of hire) They tell you right in training to forget what sales experience you have and do it their way. Even if it disenfranchises the customers, do it their way. Deal blows up? That's on you, not our process.

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Risposta di KnowBe4
4y
Hello, and thank you for your feedback. We have opened up many positions for permanent remote work and hybrid work since COVID has started. As for raises, all employees at KnowBe4 have received yearly raises in 3 of the last 4 years. Additionally, we love internal promotions and promote from within as often as we can, which usually comes with a pay raise. For our sales reps, the earnings potential is huge! Historically, over 60% of our SMB reps have made over $100,000 in a year; in fact, our top SMB rep made over $160,000 and our top enterprise rep made over $500,000. The base pay is where it is so that we can have one of the most lucrative commissions plans in the industry. That’s why an SMB sales rep can earn more than $25k in commissions in a single month of sales! Additionally, we have the monthly bonus plan after the first 90 days of employment, where each employee can earn between $0 and $2,000 per month based on company-wide sales. We started this in 2015. Since then, the lowest it has been is $7,500 per person in a year and the highest it has been is $17,800 per person in a year. This huge earnings potential is driven by the fact that KnowBe4 has mastered the process for selling security awareness training to IT professionals. Our processes have been tested time and time again, and have consistently shown amazing results. We also have in-house sales performance coaches to help all our sales reps continue to improve and not just meet quota, but shatter it! We truly understand that sales can be a high-pressure career field so we want to make sure that we are supporting our hard-working sales reps in every way possible, to make the job as seamless and stress-free as possible. As a current employee, we want to make sure that you are as happy as possible in your position. We suggest that you set up a time to speak with Employee Relations, your manager, your performance coach, the in-house career coach, or the in-house life coach to talk about how we can work together to make you a happy and engaged Knowster.

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5,0
22 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

A welcoming and inclusive environment with a patient onboarding team. Work is always fun and collaborative!

Svantaggi

Training and onboarding process is thorough but only to ensure all employees are keeping themselves and the companies information safe online!

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Risposta di KnowBe4
1w
We’re glad to hear you feel supported! Open communication is a huge priority for us — and feedback like yours keeps us motivated. 🤗
1,0
8 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great office snacks, free ev charging, cool coworkers

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Out of about 100 AE's only 10 hit Quota, OTE is a joke there. It's possible to hit quota if you are lucky with your inbound leads, but if you want to hit quota every month you have to do something moreso out of the box. I was trained by hard closers and have a lot of expierence with cold calls so i came up with my own script and was getting a demo a day, and was doing a demo a day. The demos did lead to sales as well, so it wasn't a waste of time. I got fired because of a "lack of professionalism" I spoke off script all the time because speaking on script leads you in to the Kool-aid drinkers club, aka not hitting quota consistently. I was fired without warning, even though I was told I had an incredible work ethic and was exceeding the ramp-up numbers. I just didnt match their sales style, they are not looking for salespeople, they are looking for sales associates. They make you work 9-hour days, 1 hour mandatory lunch that has to be taken in the middle of the day. 9-6pm. Their handbook even says you are allowed to take this lunch at 5 pm to go home sooner, but the managers never let that happen. DO NOT BE CREATIVE AT THIS JOB, DRINK THE JUICE.

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