Increasingly worrisome! - Operations Specialist Motive Employee Review

3.0
9 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. *Competitive pay, unmatched by industry competitors 2. *Growth and exposure opportunities 3. *Supportive management 4. Transparent top leadership 5. Fully-remote workplace 6. Unlimited PTO *role/department-specific

Cons

1. Previous CFO left in Q1 2024 and several VP-levels followed suit throughout the year. A new CFO was hired late 2024 but yet to see his magic. 2. Reported big revenue growth in 2024 but cash is extremely tight with no clear sight of additional funding. Invoice payments are intentionally released late as a form of cash burn management, a process that's nearing 1 year in operation. This is now apparent to vendors and line of business alike. 3. Legal battle with Samsara continues (with initial determination on all claims by Mar 2025). This has affected the CEO/founder's reputation to a huge extent, in my opinion. The challenges of securing new funding can substantiate. 4. (Another) layoff is felt in the air with high-performing employees jumping ship. People are aware cash expenditures should be lowered to make sense of the sales revenue. 5. Disjointed enterprise systems making process optimizations difficult. 6. A well-managed, talented and respectful organization for the most part, living up to its code of ethics, with one-off sub groups in Finance that operate on dirty politics masking inefficient processes and mediocre management skills.

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Motive Response
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We appreciate your recognition of Motive as a well-managed and respectful organization. We take all input seriously as we continue to grow and evolve. We have strong confidence in our leadership team. Motive continues to experience robust business growth, and we remain focused on delivering value to our customers while fostering a culture where teams can do their best work. We recognize that rapid scaling can bring growing pains, and we are actively investing in improvements to streamline enterprise systems and strengthen cross-departmental alignment. Our leadership is committed to transparency, operational excellence, and preserving the high-integrity, high-performance culture that defines Motive.

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