Where to start...? How about a manager who gives you one target before the start of a quarter, then changes it mid-quarter? Or how they extend people's probation periods out of the blue, without any feedback preceding it? A 6 months' probation period is already extreme, but to then extend it one day before it expires without any forewarning, a single word of constructive criticism or feedback provided prior to it, and then setting up impossible goals to achieve during the extension (such as controlling how a potential customer is supposed to think!) and, even when those criteria are met, proceeding with terminating people's employment. Or putting some of the best performers in the company under performance review, and then firing them without providing any consistent reason? These are not exceptions - these are the modus operandi at Showpad. Sales manager provide exactly zero support - just there as a glorified scorekeeper. But the worst part is the cowardice! On a Monday, you may have a meeting with a manager who tells you what a great job you're doing, and then they send you an email on Tuesday CC'ing other managers, saying that they're going to re-evaluate your position within the company. They are in a desperate mode of saving capital, but instead of doing the decent thing of making people redundant and providing them with a fair redundancy package, they make up reasons for letting you go, so that they can avoid paying anything. Sales people's deals are taken away from them and given to others for arbitrary reasons. Sales reps are constantly encouraged to lie to customers to get deals over the line. The nepotism and favouritism is unlike anything I've ever witnessed at any company in my life! The C-level is basically musical chairs between friends. They claim that transparency is a core value, but I've never witnessed a company where more back talking occurs! People gossip and make up lies about colleagues and tell it to their managers, who never offers a chance to defend oneself against slander. To be successful at Showpad, all you need to do is to backstab your way up the ladder. There is no consistency in the sales process. Now, that's bad for any company, but for a *SALES ENABLEMENT* company, this is just laughable! People make up prices out of thin air, no one has a consistent narrative, no one even knows what the value proposition is! It's all just made up on the spot. It's like working as a chef and there's no menu, no agreement on the cuisine, no pricing, no ingredients - no structure! They are petrified of the superior competition and aren't afraid of resorting to any tactics, including exaggerating capabilities, claiming functionalities that will never come are "in the roadmap" and, worst of all, don't use the platform internally the same way they ask us to sell to customers. Overall, I'd highly recommend everyone to avoid Showpad.
