Cirrus Systems reviews about "people"

Leadership is inexperienced, and have questionable ethics. Lots of broken promises for advancement and compensation. People are constantly working under the stress of being let go at any time for no reason other than "role elimination". Compensation is below industry averages. Leadership doesn't truly understand the roles they promote and hire for. When people start they change the responsibilities and/or expect people to accept sudden changes, added responsibilities and zero additional compensation. It really just sets people up for failure. The company is a rotating door of employees - why else would they need a recruiter when head count never actually increases.

In all candor, there are no major drawbacks. Cirrus aspires to grow rapidly, which results in a dynamic work atmosphere. However, being a market leader and an innovative force requires team members who are eager to put in the effort and keep up with the pace at which we need to move.

The positive reviews here were most likley written by management, not by the people carrying the day-to-day workload. The negative reviews reflect a better perspective and reality. The culture is built on burning people out with processes that don’t work. Compensation plans are delivered late and are changed without clear communication. Leadership equates commitment with working 50+ hours a week and prefers to micromanage rather than develop or trust their people. Leadership is also extremely homogenous, lacking diversity or representation, with no effort made to change that. Sales leadership lacks an understanding of the full process, from new customer acquisition through customer retention. Instead of supporting the team, they throw reps under the bus and use gimmicks like hockey jargon or public shaming in meetings to “motivate.” Even worse, I witnessed the CEO openly bashing customers and vendors in a public setting at a trade show, a serious red flag about company values. Lead distribution is just as arbitrary, based less on strategy and more on guessing the manager’s favorite pizza topping or golfing handicap. And while the company has a CRM, they don’t bother to use it effectively. Instead, reps are asked to double their work by submitting forecasts and sale information in spreadsheets. Maybe management should learn how to use their CRM properly before demanding more busywork from the team. The sales organization is toxic, with pay disparity across reps, constant frustration, unattainable quotas, and low morale. Highly recommended: do not interview here. It’s not worth the impact on your mental or emotional health. There are far better companies out there that will respect your time, energy, bourndaries, and contributions.

Leadership is unprofessional and does not put the customer anywhere on the list of priorities. Prices change frequently and without notifying the sales team. Zero transparency. People disappear and there is no accountability. No source of truth. Partners quit because they don’t get paid. Projects are cancelled. High turnover. Absent character values.

It's in the works - but a solid/structured training program.

Growing Pains: If you need a playbook for everything, you will hate it here. Processes break constantly because we outgrow them every 6 months. You have to be okay with ambiguity and building the plane while flying it. Work-Life Balance Fluctuates: It’s not a 9-to-5 "punch the clock" place. There are sprints where we are grinding to hit a launch or a quarterly goal. It’s manageable, but you have to be good at setting your own boundaries. Communication Silos: As we've gotten bigger, cross-functional communication has gotten harder. We are working on it, but it's a friction point.

CEO is a fickle and directionless moron, cutting peoples' jobs on a whim because he feels like it, with no concern for them as people at all. Managers are incompetent and led by a "head of sales" who truly does not know a single thing he is doing. If you're reading this thinking maybe it has gotten better and things could work out if you work here, I beg you to reconsider. Don't waste your time working with these soulless scumbags. I was let go and given ZERO severance, and the company is trying to bully me into not pursuing legal action against them for my last commission check which they are trying to steal from me.