Fast growing but ruthless company - Sales Twilio Employee Review

2.0
Jul 1, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Talented, smart & experienced executive team -Leading CPaaS product -Stock performance -Aggressive commission plans (at least while I was there) -Commercial sales segment doing exceptionally well - most reps are far exceeding plan -Budding sales culture -Good alignment with marketing -Employees are friends with each other outside of the office

Cons

-More focus on looking good in front of the right people vs. actual performance -Executives will not own their mistakes, would rather offload blame and fire scapegoats -Dehumanizing, tyrant executives who will cut you off mid-sentence and bring down morale -Culture of judgment where you could be alienated for a mistake -Secretive, "big brother" leadership style where little info is shared with individual contributors -Leadership style is "do as I say not as I do" -Short term decision making > long term decision making (e.g. win the logo at all costs instead of focusing on margin, activation and solution delivery) -Zero empathy for any personal struggles experienced outside of the office -No mechanism for management feedback -Struggles with moving up-market (particularly Flex) - top enterprise reps are not 100% of plan -Internal battles continue to ensue over account ownership -Most remaining employees I've personally spoken with are staying because they feel handcuffed by RSU vesting

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Great place to learn from others. A lot of innovation and moving fast recently. Leadership seems to be listening to the complaints. Great work life balance

Cons

Organization changes are frequent, have observed many changes of leadership over the years

3.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, salary, and coworkers

Cons

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