Indeed reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(4,529 total reviews)
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Hisayuki Deko Idekoba

52% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Indeed has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,529 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Indeed employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jun 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They do like to promote from within, usually, however it is not the rule. If you're into free snacks and what not, then you'll be quite happy. If you're fresh out of university, this is an excellent job for you with a much higher than usual first job base salary. The sales training is good and will set you on a path to a strong sales career in the future. If you are an experienced rep, stay away, this is not for you.

Cons

First things first - if you're an inside sales rep the odds of making six figures are slim to none. Even the highest achieving reps make nowhere near that. Based on the average base salary of the team ($35k - $45k, depending on your negotiation skills), you would need to achieve almost $2MM in sales per year to reach $100k total compensation. Commission varies, with 5% paid out on the first month of a contract, then dropping to 2% in each subsequent month. If you're able to double a client's spend, it leaps back up to 5% for another month, then back down to 2% and so on. Also, after a client has been on the site for more than one year, you lose all commission going forward, yet remain responsible for their spend against your budget. With most clients billing at 2% commission and the average sale being $3k to $5k per three month contract, you're hard pressed to make that $100k You are responsible for sixty dials a day, that's 6-0 phone calls, every day - no excuses or 150 minutes on the phone. There are no territories and if you fail to close a client within 60 days, any other AE can (and will) steal the account. Example: if you have a client that is willing to come on at X amount, 90 days from now, a competing AE can request the account and close the sale as you failed to do it within 60 days, in spite of having notes suggesting a start date later in the year. The title of "account executive" is also misleading. The inside sales role is, essentially, a call center job. While there are opportunities to advance, there are hard and fast rules on how you can advance.

1.0
Apr 15, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

good pay, easy sell as most customers are used to the brand and the site commands very high traffic

Cons

lack of innovation, middle management in engineering and search quality is killing the company by making arbitrary decisions that hurt our customers, our relationships (partners) and is starting to get us into trouble because some practices are not compliant with labor department regulations or are anticompetitive in nature. Rest of the company is actually great to work with and for but I am worried about the future and the lack of clear leadership after founder departure

2.0
Apr 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, RSUs, WLB, People, Culture

Cons

I joined during a hyper-growth phase and unfortunately all these phases has done is water down the culture and introduce bad practices. What was once an agile, fast moving company has turned into a behemoth without much direction. The influx of additional people during 2018, 2021 have brought their bad practices from other organizations and without strong leadership at Indeed, has given these people free reign to run amok inside of indeed. Inflating their own titles and perform kingdom building. Indeed culture was TOO nice and SLT wouldn't put their foot down and address the problem. Instead they gave toxic people blank checks to go on hiring sprees, duplicating efforts and teams in the process. Some parts of the company are extremely slow moving. I'm talking 1+ month to add a button to a UI. It's laughable it takes that long but I'm not joking. Indeed had a competitive edge at one point, they squandered that lead and now other startups are coming to eat their lunch. I give Indeed 5-10 before they go the way of Monster.com

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