Not really worth it - more trouble than it's worth - Anonymous employee Highspot Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks and lots of alcohol at events. Nice view. There ARE lots of cool people; sadly, most of them are really just passing through.

Cons

1. Unwilling to meet commitments. People are frequently under-trained, not mentored in any real way, and promotion is pretty closely tied to subjective criteria; very little is measurable or transparent and what is measured may not be what actually matters. There's often a disconnect between "say" and "do." 2. Unwilling to respect or invest in expertise. The company has consistently managed to attract very talented people, but their expertise is frequently not factored into strategic or product decisions. Will often use one person where a team would be needed. 3. Problems tend to be addressed largely via HIPPO - a notorious problem in a lot of organizations, of course, but especially prevalent in a comparatively top-down organization with limited experience/little empowerment amongst middle management and ambiguous metrics + the aforementioned lack of respect for expertise. 4. Training Irrelevance. Highspot has no real understanding of how to appropriately train or enable many roles, and is generally resistant to change in this regard. Broadly, I'd say pick something else. You can probably find better comp to put up with frustration elsewhere and I suspect very few people's deep abiding passion is in "Sales Enablement" - so if you want to Make An Impact, there are organizations working on much more interesting things. Like many large companies that want to believe they're startups, the culture isn't as positive and the opportunities aren't as plentiful or remarkable as the pitch is likely to claim, and sadly, that's unlikely to change drastically.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Great Seattle office location by the water. That's all.

Cons

Terrible executive and senior leadership with no clear direction. Toxic culture of nepotism and favoritism, and just all around political games, using folks as political pawns / throwing them under the bus. It's very clear why they have not made Best Place To Work in years now. Do not come to HS. Look elsewhere.

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