Pros
I've been at Teleport for just over a year, and I keep waiting for the culture everyone raves about to show up. The ADR team gets held up as this collaborative dream, but in practice it's every rep for themselves. "Sharing what's working" usually means watching someone guard their tactics until they're forced to present in a meeting. The talk about team over individual is nice in theory, but the leaderboard is what actually gets rewarded.
Cons
ADR Leadership loves the word "coaching," but in reality it's mostly pipeline reviews dressed up as development. The growth and feedback piece evaporates the moment numbers dip, and then it's all about the number and nothing else. "Transparency" at the company level often means being told things are great right up until they aren't. The pace is used as an excuse for poor planning, and "stay adaptable" is code for absorbing the chaos of constant reprioritisation without complaint. On top of that, people are aware of discrimination claims floating around the company, and that awareness puts everyone on edge, you're never quite sure what's going on under the surface or who's being treated how. Turnover on the team tells its own story.
