Dream Turned to Nightmare - Marketer Astera Software Employee Review

Where to start? - EXTREME toxicity and invasion of privacy. They make you use activity-tracking software to track daily tasks - the software records EACH webpage you visit, and tracks each individual CHAT on different messaging platforms. ZERO privacy. - Unrealistic expectations - the management expects you to put in 9-10 hours daily. They will set your KPIs and will constantly ask you to go above and beyond your JD to be considered for even basic bonuses, no matter how well you achieve your KPIs. - No structured plan. The marketing plan keeps changing every month. The leadership has no idea what they're doing. They keep restructuring teams and reassigning roles. Personal expertise be damned, what even is that? The CEO has a quarterly change in priorities and has no idea of current trending marketing channels in B2B SaaS. - Poor leadership. The leadership blames a lack of sales on the marketing team, without acknowledging a lack of a product-market fit. Even within marketing, there is no innovation. - False promises and favoritism. There is a group of employees, the inner circle, that is safe and is the recipient of constant awards and bonuses and promotions DESPITE MULTIPLE layoff cycles and complaints of falling revenue. If the revenue is falling, HOW does it make sense to give multiple promotions to the Marketing and HR directors while you are laying off the people who are doing the hard work??