Never worked in a more empowering place - Inside Sales Representative Contactually Employee Review

5.0
27 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are amazing and will become your friends very quickly. We care about culture and making sure we have fun opportunities to celebrate the our wins with retreats, company happy hours, birthday/anniversary parties, and even the odd trip on pirate boats on the Potomac. There is lots of room for growth and everyone is interested in helping each other reach the next steps in their careers. You have a ton of autonomy to work from home/remote whenever you want and take vacation whenever you want. Everyone just expects people to do good work. There is lots of feedback given to you and lots of opportunity to give feedback to the leadership of the company who genuinely care about everyone's happiness. Transparency is big for the company as well and most everything is shared with everyone, save what everyone is making. The company is about to take a huge leap forward in the next couple of years. The company is going to be hiring aggressively and looking for the best people DC has to offer in the Tech and Startup space.

Cons

It's still a start up and their are plenty of growing pains. Everywhere you look things could be done better with more people and more money. The pay is a little below market right now but it looks like that will be changing soon.

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Contactually Response
10y
Thanks, that means a lot to me! The growing pains are real, but I think we're getting better at predicting and managing them. And I hope you've seen more recently that we have adjusted our pay, now that we have better access to market data. We always wanted to, and will commit to, paying people above market.

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Cons

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5.0
3 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The team is simply amazing: smart, fun, caring, and willing to go above and beyond to help out. It's clear the founders have tried really hard to bring on only the best people that not only will do great work, but will also fit well with our unique/funky/quirky culture. I feel like I have a lot of flexibility in my role to focus on what's most important; I'm not micromanaged, and I've had the ability to take on more and more responsibility as the company has grown. We're super transparent as well. I can talk to anyone in the company -- including the CEO -- about anything that's on my mind, and no question is off limits (for ex, everyone knows how much cash is in the bank and the founders regularly report on our fundraising efforts and revenue growth metrics). I've worked in a big company and small startups, and Contactually is the best hands-down.

Cons

The company is growing fast and we've had our share of issues. We try so many new things that it often feels like there's always something broken or a process that's not quite right, and it can be frustrating. But I think that's normal.

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Contactually Response
10y
Thanks for your comment, and appreciate the kind words about me! Yes, as we've scaled we have had our fair share of issues. Part of the reason why we're bringing on more senior advisors, investors, etc is that they bring with them enough experience and scar tissue that we can predict what's coming down the pike.
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