Detached CEO, Slimy sales mgmt running North America, massive turnover of seasoned sales people, RUN! - Anonymous employee Qlik Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very interesting product, shows well, serious issues around Big Data and they don't seem to be listening.

Cons

North American sales leadership are bizarre, unethical and as slimy as they come, if you're considering a sales position, I would recommend that you RUN unless you just have to have a job. Trust me, it's worse than where you're at now. Politics are unbelievable, they fire people who blow out their number because they don't like the mix of deals, they fire sales management if they don't think they travel enough, even though they hit their number, etc. etc. etc. The CEO claims that they will never be like that big company run by Larry and he's right, they're even sleazier and they'll never come close to achieving anything close to that company.

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Pros

Transparency, work/life balance, everyone here is treated as an adult, autonomy, benefits are great for the USA, people here are very intelligent, kind, honest, and hardworking.

Cons

Corporate bonuses are only paid to director level and above. I wish some sort of bonus was paid to everyone.

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Qlik Response
2w
Thank you for your review and so glad to hear you’re enjoying your experience here - thank you for your contributions to making Qlik such a great place to work. Best regards, Qlik – Culture and Talent Team
4.0
7 Mar 2026
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Pros

The people you meet at Qlik are one of a kind. Truly amazing, dedicated, supportive people. Whether that be the Demand Center leadership, your peers, or the sales managers. The culture here is phenomenal!

Cons

Too many changes, every year or sometimes even couple of months, you have new managers and a new territory. It’s hard to get a handle of it coming from one industry and training to another. The pay is low compared to other SDR/BDR roles in the industry. No fault to the managers on the BDR team, but the senior leadership tends to care more about activity volume on top of quota. You could hit your quota by 110% and they’ll still ask you to get 100s of calls in a day. The company has also lost the plot on product. Qlik Sense is an amazing analytics tool. If they doubled down on their analytics and made it truly in the cloud and low code/no code, they’d have better results.

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Qlik Response
4mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We value employee feedback, and your comments will be shared with Senior Sales/GTM Leadership as part of our ongoing efforts to improve the employee experience. Best regards, Qlik – Culture and Talent Team
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