Good product, low pay - Account Executive Fleetio Employee Review

What’s great about Fleetio is the combination of a strong culture, a product I’m proud of, a market opportunity that feels significant, and coworkers who genuinely want each other to succeed. There is a lot of room to grow, both as a company and as an employee. Expectations are high, but I’ve never felt like I was expected to figure things out alone. In the past, at other companies, I've experienced quite political and internally competitive work environments, and Fleetio could not be further from that.

The company is growing in a healthy way, which naturally means things change and not every decision is perfect. But its no more change than any other high-growth company. Communication around priorities could be stronger but I have also seen that improve in the last year.

I loved my team. Remote work was convenient and led to hiring great talent. It felt like we were working on a product that genuinely helped people do their jobs better.

I wasn’t going to write a review until I saw that other reviewer implying that the people leaving or being laid off were simply unable to cope with change or had poor work ethics. That is patently false. The leadership brought in by investors shifted Fleetio from a people-first/customers-first company into a profit-at-any-cost, buzzword-tossing, hype machine. Product thinking has devolved from “What can we improve to help our customers?” to “What can we do to win [Large Potential Customer]?” You will not have project stability. You will be doing the workload equivalent of 3-5 roles. You will be told the reason you feel underwater is because you aren’t using AI correctly. You will then be told to stop using AI so much because it’s too expensive. You will be told that the company is in a solid place financially. You will then be told that people had to be laid off as they tout record numbers and a NASCAR sponsorship. People are leaving because their trust in the company’s leadership is broken and they’re worn out with the constant firings, lay offs, and goalpost shifting.