Not what I hoped for - Sales Engineer Twilio Employee Review

1.0
29 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I really like that there is a focus on humility at the company. I think that a lot of start ups these days have the pressure to make it big and the fact that Twilio focuses on things like Twilio.org is so awesome. My favorite team at Twilio is Facilities. They are so dedicated and welcoming. No matter the struggle they pull through for everybody, which is absolutely great!

Cons

In accordance with the several other reviews - No career growth opportunities what.so.ever. HR/Recruiting don't put enough focus on diversity hiring even within their own teams and team managers are new and untrained. People judge you and make you feel small like you don't matter almost as a defense mechanism so that when you do ask for more it's easier for them to shut you down. More of a corporate culture than a start up. Not as great as I hope for and kind of upsetting :(

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Twilio Response
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Thank you for taking the time to be honest with your feedback. All start-ups experience growing pains, and we are no exception. We want to maintain a healthy, transparent culture and your feedback helps us do that. Please speak to any manager or your HRBP about your concerns so we can address them. And for the record, we agree, our facilities/employee experience team IS the best!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Comp is fair, benefits are okay. If you are lucky with a low maintenance book of business you can clock roughly 20 hours a week and hit all your goals. I saw this happen to multiple sellers over my tenure.

Cons

The reason I left was in Jan 2026 they re-orged all of the Segment business unit into Twilio. We went from being traditional Segment SaaS sellers to Twilio Account Managers. You have no prospects only existing clients. You spend your day in Zendesk managing tickets, there are zero actual sales activities. Your quota is comprised of organic revenue growth that would occur whether you existed or not. Upside is limited. - Leadership Churn: I worked here for 16 months and during that time I had 5 managers. They couldn't hang onto anyone. - No review or raise during my 16 months here, despite exceeding my quota. - Promotions: you cannot just crush in your role and get promoted. There needs to be a promotion spot available somewhere in your business unit and then you compete with other sellers for it. Your role will not change, your accounts and clients will not change, only your comp will. So why the limited promotion availability?

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