Great work Environment - Anonymous employee Twilio Employee Review

5.0
Sep 8, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Culture has grown from the ground up, so the nine things (read: company values) are real, rather than nice words forced upon the company by leadership. -Small teams mean that you actually can have impact and ownership here. -There are a lot of very accomplished people with impressive backgrounds at Twilio. However, most still adhere to the "be humble" company value, so it is a great environment in which to learn from really smart people who genuinely enjoy helping those who may have less experience in a certain area. -Great opportunity for career growth since the company has grown so quickly. -Great leaders, credible investors, quality products.

Cons

-Standard growing pains of a rapidly growing company-some processes are not in place, some communication is sub-par, etc. -The culture is biased to action, so sometimes the company jumps into initiatives without a fully developed plan. This could be a positive, as some people (and most at Twilio) prefer to jump into problems and figure them out as they go. If you are a person who like a methodical, step by step plan Twilio might not be the best environment for you.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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