Horrible end to a great ride - Senior Account Manager Glassdoor Employee Review

3.0
12 May 2020
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Pros

People: My teammates and leaders were some of the most incredible people I've met. Being in the office surrounded by coworkers I considered my friends felt too good to be true. Every manager I had as well as my director were outstanding leaders, senior leadership on the other hand would fall under the cons. Opportunities: Account Managers typically don't spend more than a year and a half in seat before being promoted. Glassdoor also gave me the chance to work with leaders and provide input to help improve rep work flow and the client experience.

Cons

Deceptive: We had constantly asked for clarity around the future of Glassdoor & Indeed. We were blatantly lied to and told that the future plans in question would absolutely not happen. Fast forward a few months and 300 of us are laid off. Our CEO blamed this on COVID while it was later made to seem that this would have happened eventually for the exact reasons we were assured would never happen, and COVID just expedited it. I could not be more frustrated to know that I might still have a job if it weren't for the future plans with Indeed. Glassdoor speaks so highly of valuing its employees but ever since Robert stepped down as CEO that feeling left with him. Glassdoor has grown immensely throughout the years and it was only a matter of time before it made the shift from an enjoyable unique culture to your standard money hungry organization Unorganized: Glassdoors internal processes are a hot mess. I have no idea how this company has been around for 10+ years and has yet to figure out an efficient way to renew clients. They are constantly restructuring the job description of Account Managers and Customer Success and the clients are the ones who are suffering. Getting promoted and transitioning to a new book is beyond sloppy for the rep and client, getting paid out on spiffs always takes 2 months longer than they promise, and anytime another department is looped into an email chain, you can guarantee you or the client will need to follow up at least 3 times to get an answer. I'm not sure if there's a part of this org that I could confidently say runs smoothly.

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Glassdoor Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I truly am sad that your great ride at Glassdoor ended like this. COVID-19 and the subsequent economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on our business. As such, we recently had to make changes to our business that we would never have expected to make only 3-months ago. I'm sorry to hear you felt we could have done better with communications over this period. While it wasn’t said that layoffs would “never” happen, I fully appreciate that this came as a surprise and a painful one. It’s incredibly important to me that you, and all employees, feel we provide timely and transparent updates on our business and I hear your feedback that you feel we could’ve done better. This is something I take to heart and will take forward with me. We wish you all the best in your career and please do reach out if we can help support you in the future. Christian CEO, Glassdoor

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