A toxic culture that is not magical - Anonymous employee Twilio Employee Review

1.0
Mar 2, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

To work remotely that’s it

Cons

Don’t believe the smoke and mirrors that Twilio is a great place to work, it’s a toxic environment. The only magic is how employees just disappear. People leave everyday—managers and leadership the worst I have seen and it’s rampant across the entire company. Yes, you will see new jobs posted all the time, it’s not due to growth but to fill roles that most employees leave within a year. Tread carefully and do your homework talk to people who left, talk to people who work here, people leave companies for many reasons, but at Twilio, burnout is inevitable, no work life balance and utterly dysfunctional. The attrition level is frightening, it’s never addressed always swept away.

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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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