Toxic environment with poor leadership and direction - Sales Kong Employee Review

1.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Don't be fooled by this flooding of positive reviews, scroll back to see the truth of how the business operations and treats people.

Cons

This is not a place to work if you value yourself as a person, senior leadership is horrific, direction of business is that of AI slop the rest of the world is doing everything it can do avoid. Industry facts and people are not taken into consideration, environment is awful and the best people who come through the door are the ones treated the worst. If you're happy to confirm and just skate by you might be alright, if you want to thrive and perform in a workplace, run as fast as you can the other direction.

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5.0
5 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Differentiated product with a large addressable market - Elite sales leadership that brings a great blend of the disciplined "playbook" culture (PG program, MEDDICC, Command of the Message, etc.) while adapting to new market factors (new outbound sales tech, fluidity in sales process when needed, etc.) - High earnings potential; multiple 7 figure earners last year and company on huge growth trajectory this year - Visionary CEO/CTO combo - one of the first to market in AI gateway which unlocks a whole new TAM

Cons

- Implementation can take a long time and PS team needs improvement, which can hinder upsell opportunities

5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

High earning potential. Product dominates in most competitive scenarios and stands out on the Gartner report at the very top right and leading the API space with the greatest vision. A testament to the CEO's ability to read into the way the market is moving based on his decades of experience and keeping up with customer demands going into the agentic era. Lucky to work here. The best and brightest in API & AI gateways are here. The pre-IPO excitement vibe is real here. Good coverage from an AE to SE standpoint (2:1). Easily able to communicate across the business to get help/answers to solving hard problems with colleagues more than happy to help.

Cons

Scaling into an IPO means things are moving fast so not a con per se but keeping up with small competitors, who are popping up quickly (but also leave the market quickly) as well up has its demands as clients are looking everywhere right now to survive and win in this agentic era.

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