RUN FAR, RUN FAST - Account Executive Mindflash Employee Review

1.0
31 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible time off (when they let you take it), great team of AE's to work with.

Cons

1. Offer letters don't match incentive/commission agreements. Offer letter stated a variable pay of $60,000, however if you hit 100% of quota + bonuses, you are only eligible to receive $27,000. When this was brought up to leadership at ATSI/Trakstar/whatever they want to go by now, employees were told that they were doing the math wrong... math is black and white... there is no gray area. 2. The ever changing "flavor of the week". Focus on demo attendance! No, focus on discovery calls! No, focus on advancement! No, focus on next steps! This not only doesn't allow up to ACTUALLY focus on anything, but also creates an environment of micromanaging instead of proactive strategizing. 3. I was told in my interview that 100% of the sales team was currently hitting goal. That could not be further from the truth. I was also told that the ramp up period was 6 months. People who have been there for a year still aren't able to sell anything because of high pricing for an outdated product. 4. The free version of Hubspot as a CRM is terrible. You are a for-profit company. Invest in the tools your employees use to engage prospects. 5. Morale is the lowest I have ever experienced... at any job. EVER. 6. Mindflash is clearly an afterthought of ATSI. 7. In person communication with leadership, especially when announcements are made that may impact employment status, would be extremely helpful. A leader should have been in the office the day the Mindflash>Trakstar notice went out to field questions.

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5.0
8 Jan 2018
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Pros

Friendly and smart coworker, people leave their titles at the door. Management seems to be able to roll up their sleeves and get work done. I think the new team that's being assembled is invigorating and setting us up for success.

Cons

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2.0
8 Oct 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Liberal work from home policy and unlimited PTO. Pay was decent.

Cons

- Some of the tech stack is ancient (Angular 1, .NET), unmaintainable, and everyone spends 90% of their time complaining about it. - Most of the technical decisions were made by a small group of developers that were let go before they could pass on their knowledge. To be honest, it's as if those developers were trying to pad their resume with AWS knowledge, and decided to use the tech stack here as a playground. - Due to the above, the number of production issues on a daily basis is incredibly high, especially for a startup that's been selling the same product for over 10 years. - People are constantly trying to minimize the impact of production issues because they don't want to have to fix the bugs. - There is no real direction to improve the stack. It's more of a "we'll deal with things as they break" mentality, and when they decide to fix something, it's almost always a bandaid fix. - Unchecked bro culture. There's a lot of discussion that should not be had in a workplace. You'd think a company that makes HR software would value HR in general. They don't.

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