Pros
The only pro I can think of is there are some nice people who work there.
Cons
There are so many terrible things about Oktopost, I don’t even know where to begin. I’ll try and highlight the key “cons”. - The sales “management” in the UK is severely lacking and under qualified for the role, with 0 years of prior sales management experience. Yet you are constantly belittled, micromanaged and spoken to like you are stupid, despite having more experience in sales than the person meant to be managing you. This person is unapproachable, argumentative, and holds horribly outdated views which they are very open about. - Senior leadership is absolutely obsessed with tracking every single thing you do in Salesforce. You have to write extensive notes about every single deal/opportunity you’re running, and if you don’t then you will be pestered about it non-stop. There is absolutely no trust between management and their sales teams - even if you’re hitting your targets and out-performing your peers, you are still treated like you’re replaceable. - The CEO talks down to everyone, and said on a Companywide meeting that he’s building a “hire and fire” culture, where they’re basically hiring anybody and firing them quickly if they don’t perform to his ridiculous standards immediately. - There are no benefits included in the package, except one Friday off a month. No income protection, no clear maternity policy, no health insurance, etc. Working at Oktopost completely destroyed my mental health. I woke up every day feeling sick and anxious. When I spoke to my manager and HR about this, they told me it was my problem and I had to change my mindset and approach to better deal with it. I would never, ever recommend this company to anyone who actually enjoys sales and working somewhere with a great culture. After I’d been at the company for 3 months, myself and the person I started with were the most tenured reps in EMEA. The Account Executives were dropping like flies, with a ridiculously high turnover in people.
