Run - Account Executive Vanta Employee Review

1.0
21 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong PMF with startups. If you're junior, good place to start your career and learn high velocity sales. It’s also a decent logo to have on your resume (at least for now).

Cons

The “enterprise” motion is a joke. Targets are completely unrealistic given the product and the market. ACVs are low, competition is intense, and leadership still pretends this is a real enterprise business. It’s not. It’s an SMB company trying to cosplay enterprise for investors. If you’re a real enterprise seller, don’t come here. You won’t make the money you think you will. You’ll grind, work long hours, and get little to no recognition. Enterprise exists on paper, not in reality. Nothing is stable. Territories change all the time, ownership is a mess, and AMs take all the expansion anyway. You don’t control your number, but you’re fully accountable for it. In 2025, only 35% of AEs hit quota in NAMER (all segments included and some people were on ramp). How's that for a successful GTM organization! The culture is toxic. Very fear-based, very performative. Leadership leaving glowing Glassdoor reviews is honestly embarrassing and laughable. It’s highly cliquey and political — lots of ego, very little real experience. Some leaders are straight up bad managers: condescending, dismissive, and comfortable calling people out publicly on Slack or calls. People don’t speak up because they know it’ll backfire. If you push back, you get labeled as “not a team player.” There is no real path to promotion. Targets are already unrealistic, and even if you hit them, it’s still not enough. You’ll get vague feedback like “be more cross-functional” with zero clarity. Meanwhile, leaders get promoted without hitting their numbers. It’s political and inconsistent, and performance is not what decides your growth.

Explore other reviews about Vanta

5.0
15 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great salary, I work on a team that has excellent balance. I get recognized when I do good work.

Cons

Company has a big focus on AI, but not sure we’re all marching in the same direction and often doesn’t feel like a good use of resources.

2.0
9 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits, decent work life balance

Cons

This place is incredibly dysfunctional. Every day feels draining. Toxic and rude coworkers, immature leadership, incompetent and ineffective management, inefficient processes... it's nearly impossible to get anything done without multiple layers of review and endless rounds of revisions. The bureaucracy is exhausting. Decisions are made in siloes and often walked back because they weren’t thought through properly to begin with. Information is shared selectively and you will often learn of things “through the grapevine”. Priorities, goals, metrics are nowhere to be found. There's little sense of culture and very little to no focus on employee experience, DEI, or anything beyond the bottom line. Many people come across as disengaged, transactional, and self-interested. Development opportunities are limited, and career and compensation growth are slow even for strong performers. Office politics are prevalent, employee concerns are rarely acted on, and meaningful feedback is rarely given or asked for. There is an overwhelming focus on AI, often without consideration of resource usage, output quality, or security implications, which is surprising given the industry. Usage is duplicative, disconnected, and directionless. I've honestly never felt less connected to my work. At some point, I found myself emotionally checking out just to preserve my own well-being.

14
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All