Where do I start…
Similarweb is the absolute worst company I ever worked for.
Shortly after I joined, I already regretted it. But then one stays cause it doesn’t look good on the CV to leave again so soon..I assume that’s the only reason people stay, as besides that, working for this company is morally so wrong. It’s really hard having to do that in good conscience knowing about all the **** that is going on here.
People are being let go constantly without prior warning. The reason will always be underperformance. The company sets completely unrealistic targets to begin with.
If the best performer globally just about scratches 60% of target achievement, then that tells you all you need to know about how realistic targets are to achieve.
If firing people was truly down to underperformance, they would have to let go of probably 70% of the sales team:D
They strategically always pick the ones that have been with the company for less than 2 years as it is just so easy to fire them.
With unachievable targets comes no earning potential. As a sales person that’s the most demotivating way to make you hate your job.
Like mentioned before, the only reason people stay at Similarweb is for the tenure on their CV. Otherwise absolutely everybody knows they can earn more money elsewhere.
And money is just one part. Working at Similarweb means not being appreciated as an employee at all but being stuck in a cycle of micro management where as an individual contributor you have absolutely nothing to say. Matter fact, not even your manager has anything to say, even if they wanted to. Decisions are being made top down, whether they make sense or not. Nobody questions or challenges anything cause they know that if they do, they’ll likely be gone in an instant.
And Similarweb loves to praise their own, if you know you know.
Rules are being made up as they fit their strategy and longer tenured reps that are producing the right numbers are even getting paid differently and being offered special agreements as a way to keep them from wanting to leave…not sure why management think that employees don’t talk to each other. But again, in the end, nobody calls them out on their *piep* and unfairness anyways, that’s why they get away with absolutely everything.
All in all I can not recommend working at Similarweb at all.. the way the company is run is in no way sustainable.
Whatever they tell you during the interview process, best believe it is not true.
The only thing working in Similarwebs favour is the current job market with so many people looking for new jobs and the competition being high. Otherwise there’s no way anyone would stay here longer than they need to, or anyone would want to start working here.
If you enjoy being micromanaged with mandatory office attendance that is being logged as if we’re not all adults that can be trusted, if you don’t mind working in sales but only sitting on your base salary as commissions are unachievable and if you don’t mind to be able to get fired any moment, then you can give it a go, otherwise, save yourself while you still can!
