Absolutely the worse place on planet earth to work! - BDR Hibu Employee Review

1.0
17 Sept 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Their training was awesome. They put you up in a nice hotel room for 2 weeks, they'll even fly you home for the weekend if you want. The training was put together well and the trainers were great. You learn a lot quick.

Cons

First off they don't explain to you up front that what ever area you work in, that there are so many accounts that are protected because Hibu is Yellow book and they still do print directories and have print reps (I went to work on the digital side) If there is an account that does a $14 bold print ad which any business that spends money on their business usually will at the least do that, you can't call on them. When I was all go get'em in training I made a list of the top 50 prospects that I wanted to go see when I got in the field. On the second to last day the trainers showed us how to check accounts to see if they were protected and out of that top 50 that I had already researched who needed digital services, I could only call on 6. The next thing is; have you ever went and bought a car? you know it takes 3 to 4 hours and you feel like you been beat up, well that is what its like to make a website sell with Hibu. Seriously it is treacherous. On to the next thing. The micromanaging of this company borders on the line of madness. Typically people like myself in this kind of position understand that you have to sale to keep your job but they have 15 different reports you have to fill out, meeting calls every morning, training calls that take hours every week, and so much more. If somebody sneezes you have to have an hour long meeting about it. I'm not done. When I got out of training and on my team, within the first week we lost 2 people and after my first 4 weeks we lost everyone on the team except for one person. The min objectives that they give you right out of training are ridiculous as well. They set you up to fail and I don't get it because they spend so much money on training. If you are thinking about taking a job with Hibu, I want you to go look in the mirror and slap the ---- out of yourself!!!!!!

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5.0
11 May 2026
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Pros

Incredible upside and earning potential! If you consider yourself a top performer, you will earn the money you deserve here.

Cons

It's a hard job. Lot's of rejection and grinding. Can be difficult and somewhat isolating being alone in a territory.

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Hibu Response
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We appreciate your feedback and agree that our earning potential is an incredible upside at Hibu! Wishing you and your team success!
2.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

autonomy, product is seemingly good

Cons

Overall a terrible sales org, commission structure is nonsense and very low percent of reps are on the high tier, including reps that are top performers being on the mid or low tier commission. You are responsible for prospecting, closing, and account management so job gets harder the longer you are there. Force you into long meetings so the VP can show everyone Christopher Voss masterclass videos that are irrelevant. Sales contests where the reward is literally 5 dollars. Training is completely disconnected from how the job actually is, even down to the tech stack they teach you. Sales planning does nothing and does not provide any new leads or any sales tools that work. They do not even have a list of discovery questions to provide you. No one uses any of their provided tech stack you just have to figure out your own processes with no support. Very low base salary which they will lower if you get put on PIP. Extremely unstructured PIP program with no concrete numbers or explanation for how to get off of PIP. Extreme favoritism at the managerial level.

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