Think very carefully before joining - Account Executive Podium Employee Review

3.0
26 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The product is genuinely world class, it’s delivers great results. The swag and culture are solid, benefits are nice and the people in my experience were great. It is a really good company, and compensation is very good if you do well. but you do need to think carefully about joining

Cons

1. Leads. You couldn’t get colder leads if you tried. They will tell you Podium is a ‘known, household brand’ but it’s just not. Success is highly dependant on your own cold calling ability and what SDR you get. Even the inbounds aren’t amazing or come from events that are meh. Marketing genuinely need to revisit their strategy and execution on the digital side because it’s laughably bad 2. Systems. The level of inefficiency is staggering. To send out a contract is a 60+ step process and there is no instruction on how to do it, you just have to get a senior to help and even they struggle 3. Choice. You have no input into the vertices you’re hired into, and that is a very big deal. Ask them clearly in the interview stage what vertices you’ll be in then research thoroughly if they are doing well in that vertical Remote. You’ll be told there is no formal wfh policy but it’s flexible. It isn’t. Management will just pull evryone in on a whim regardless of wfh arrangements

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Cool office building, learn from some of the best sales reps you’ll come across in your career

Cons

I worked at podium for a few years. It was the most toxic sales culture I’ve ever experienced. I do not say that lightly It was worth the money a year/two plus ago. They raised quotas multiple times in the last year and decreased the commission percentages. It is wild how many hoops an ae had to jump through to close a deal. In my 7+ of being in sales it was probably the hardest sale to close and I was a top rep. If you want to join podium it could be a good learning experience but it will come with a lot of headaches, anxiety about job security (they pip sales reps out like no other company I’ve ever worked for) and maybe some tears

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