Bullying and abusive remarks are served daily in the (mandatory) office both publicly and behind your back (although you will find out what is said and everyone knows who and where it comes from). Loyalty is demanded but never reciprocated, you are, and always will be, a pawn. Fear is palpable throughout EMEA and while incapable "leaders" excel at managing up, they could not be more afraid of questioning senior management in case of being shamed and/or ridiculed themselves which is a weekly occurrence. If micromanagement was a sport, Gong would win the constructors' championship. It is not uncommon for several people to be out of work on stress leave each month, which is concerning for a team of ~80 but also makes sense when you witness how people are manipulated daily. Gong is sadly another victim of the growth at all costs era of VC funding, too many sales reps hired in a short space of time leaving little to no opportunity for new hires to get anywhere near their quotas having been sold the dream by recruitment time and time again. Those who were not set up for success from the outset are then blamed for these unavoidable outcomes or "coached" in spreadsheets until they've had enough. Reps have joined from reputable companies as top performers and struggled to close any deals as they should have never been hired at all. Tried to regionalise and realised product was not capable of doing well in other markets, but that's the sales reps fault. Avoid at all costs, speak to Gong employees, ask about median attainment, quotas, commission structure, how much that has changed, what leadership are like etc.
