Twilio reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,074 total reviews)
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Khozema Shipchandler

84% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Twilio has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,074 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Twilio employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great people working in the office. Salary and benefits are good.

Cons

HR in Dublin is self a serving, spouting 'function', and is sure to tell everyone that they are all about the business and its people, its great sales talk. This person rarely shows up in the office. Only comes in when a senior manager or director visits from another office to give the illusion that they're usually there. This person does not want to deal with any issues that come their way, removes themself from any possible grievance, and passes it onto another person so not to annoy senior managers and directors by highlighting grievances. Being ‘friends’ with these senior managers is more important then doing the job they’re there to do. The previous 5 star review for Dublin "Encouraged to be your authentic self" with the section about HR in particular being approachable and helpful, is the most self indulgent tripe I've ever seen. Obviously a fake review from HR.

2.0
Oct 12, 2018

Only join Twilio if it's NOT Sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing product Customers are happy and are under the impression that product is awesome Intelligent people with significant business and technical acumen Catered lunch and snacks

Cons

Twilio Sales org is a new branch of Twilio. The internal processes are downright garbage and morale is terrible. Management has no idea how to assign territories, create accurate comp, and will put you on a PIP immediately if you don't make the near impossible ramp quota. This happens because the product is incredibly difficult to learn, and you need to spend hours outside of work daily - this will take you about 6-8 months to even feel comfortable positioning the product on the phone. But by then, you'll already be incredibly stressed out about your performance. Morale is terrible and management realizes all the problems I have mentioned, but does little to do anything about it. The changes they want to implement take forever. 80% of revenue for Twilio comes from marketing and it's a self-service platform, so the company's focus on Sales is pretty much nonexistent. The onboarding is trash for sales. If you want to be in sales here, do not believe in work/life balance. It doesn't exist if you want to be a top performer. The compensation is not worth the effort in my opinion. Again, if you're an engineer or interested in product, DEFINITELY consider Twilio.

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Twilio Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. We have been focusing on our GTM team for the last 18 months, building teams and strengthening leadership. The Sales group actually ranked as one of our most engaged teams with noted effectiveness in Leadership, team work, alignment and development. We have also been building our enablement support to ensure new team members are set up for success. We have more to build, but it is definitely a priority for the Sales team. Thank you for the feedback in that area.
2.0
Mar 4, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

An avalanche of leads every month. Very little outbound needed. Great companies just show up. Great API's and Developer relations is the gold standard. Good perks, fun place and people.

Cons

The company has no respect for any work done outside of Product or Development. Sales is a necessary evil. 4 or 5 Chief Sales Leaders in less than two years. Current leader is remote and powerless. They let industry experts go.

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Twilio Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback, it is very important to me and the e-team to hear directly from the employees about their concerns. We encourage you to talk directly to your manager, your HRBP or me about any issues.
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