Terrible Company for Sales - Account Executive Semrush Employee Review

1.0
29 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good product. Used to be a fun environment

Cons

They are a product-centric company with zero regard or respect for sales people. Changes quota sometimes every month with larger and larger targets and smaller and smaller payouts. Either you hit the new targets or you are gone. Even if you consistently hit targets, you be gone at the whim of upper management when they decide to have another mass layoff in hopes of extracting another 5% to the share price. Terrible place to work

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Semrush Response
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Dear Sender, Thank you for your input. We've indeed strategically shifted our focus to a more product-centric or, let's say, business-oriented approach. And it's true—we expect the Sales team to meet their targets, though we understand that not everyone may achieve this, which is normal in business. We want to assure you that there's no room for disrespectful behavior towards our employees in our company. Our team strives to offer competitive compensation, benefits, and a positive atmosphere. Best of luck with your future endeavours. Yours, the Semrush Team

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