Typical toxic American workplace dressed up in hollow corporate nicecities - Customer Success Samsara Employee Review

2.0
1 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Perks that includes reimbursements - Flexibility on work depending on your position - Client interactions - Fun people (not management) - Opportunity to independently grow your skillset in exercising your role

Cons

- unreasonable and unrealistic expectations in KPIs and from management in effort to squeeze as much labour from you as possible and fast - no room to adapt processes, very corporate and robotic structure - overly complicated product and ui (opinion shared by customers too) - That post 2013 "we're listening and learning" fake and corporate vibe - High turn over environment that makes cross team collaboration difficult - processes, products, and internal tools may evolve quickly, requiring constant adaptation on top of your role's workload - Management lack general managing and people skills outside of demanding KPIs so they don't really think of you as human but know exactly what buzzwords to use to appear that they do - Was set up to fail (shout out to quiet firing) by management team - Beholden to share holders and maintaining a "constant growth" image so rather than tell people they're losing money and customers, they'll cut operation costs (salaries) - Goodwill is not built up with accomplishments but demerits are plentiful and earned anytime you don't blink at the speed they want you to

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5.0
19 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company solving real problems for the physical operations economy

Cons

Fast growth, innovation focused. Not for everyone!

5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I started at Samsara as an Enterprise ADR and was promoted to Commercial Account Executive after exactly 1 year. The support and recognition I received throughout that time greatly exceeded my expectations! Leadership genuinely invests in employee development. My manager and director consistently provided thoughtful coaching, were accessible when I needed feedback, and made me feel so supported in reaching my goals. The culture is one of Samsara's biggest strengths, truly. People celebrate each other's wins, collaborate well, and respect clear Rules of Engagement that create a fair and professional environment. There is a strong sense of teamwork without the internal competition that can exist at most sales organizations. The earning potential is real, quotas are attainable, and the quarterly structure provides enough time to recover from a slow start and still be successful. The work-life balance is also strong, especially for a high-growth company. One thing that really stood out to me was how many promoted AEs (including myself) still wanted to come into the office even though the AE role is remote. Leadership listened to that feedback and created additional office space to accommodate the growing team, which says a lot about how much they value employee experience and culture! Overall, it's a place where people work hard, support each other, and genuinely enjoy being part of the team.

Cons

The biggest opportunity for improvement is preparing ADRs for the transition into closing roles. Samsara does an excellent job teaching products, strategy, and prospecting skills, and managers work hard to prepare employees for promotion. That said, additional training around discovery, deal management, forecasting, and negotiation before promotion would make the move into an AE role even smoother.

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