*Private equity implemented a backloaded comp plan, OTEs are largely unattainable.
*When they mention culture, they mean culture of fear. Someone is going to get fired at the end of every quarter.
*Political imbalance is painfully obvious.
*10-12 hours in forecast meetings/week.
*Redundant deal management processes and no single source of truth used by management teams.
*Zero investment in enterprise pipeline generation from marketing.
*Smart leaders are stripped of any capability to effectively manage teams.
*B & C players succeed by floating questionable orders through partners. Company paid commissions and recognized large deals (six figures ore more) 90-120 days before customers signed agreements on more than one occasion.
*Standards for disciplinary action are arbitrary at best.
*Sales operations largely is inept, condescending, and lacks any collaborative skills.
*Company delivered over their annual target to the parent organization, but less than 30% of sales organization came close to OTE.
*Sales cycles extremely long, largely due to inefficient operations/legal procedures and arrogant negotiation tactics.
*Sales territories, account line sizes and role functions change frequently within fiscal quarters with little warning and no roll out plan.
*Toxic pre employment personality/aptitude assessment weeds out qualified candidates
*HR partners lack ability to remain objective and neutral in standard situations