Run away - Account Executive Binary Defense Employee Review

1.0
8 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote work, a few cool sales reps, and ALL the SE's were good people. Continuous sales training and product knowledge. They were solid in those areas.

Cons

Company thinks they are cooler than they are. Lot's of levels and nepotism and politics at this company. Way too top-heavy, leadership is disconnecting and have no clue how to go to market. I was blindsided and laid off with many others on my sales team recently, with NO severance, (a few of us have families/kids) not even 2 weeks severance. Gave new AE's a $1.75m quota, which was ridiculous as the average sized deal was $60k and took 5-7 months to close. Marketing was a ghost, no air cover or leads in my 9 months I was there. They probably spent over a million dollars on Cleveland, Oh. based Marketing per year with the Cleveland Browns & Cleveland Cavaliers and a golfer who ranks 100. Monday morning Sales Meetings were a beat down each week. Always great to start the week off on a negative note to go sell. Company operates in Silos, culture is non-existent and politics plays a big role at this company. If you are not in the inner circle, your chances here are slim and none. Only 2 out of 20 reps hit there number and yep, those reps are located near Ohio and received most if not all inbound leads.

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Binary Defense Response
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Thank you for your feedback about what Binary Defense does well, and where we can improve for our sales team. Leadership changes have been made with a focus on driving the business forward with the culture and mission. Again, thank you for your feedback, and wish you all the best. Please reach out (christie.henderson@binarydefense.com) if would like to discuss anything further.

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