If you value yourself, your morals or your sanity, avoid at all costs - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij GDS Group

1,0
22 mrt 2018
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

The best thing about GDS was leaving at 5pm

Minpunten

GDS group recruiters will sell you the dream of fantastic OTE, great incentives, travel opportunity, great company reputation and ethics, and great job security. The sad reality is that none of this is true....drugs are the norm on the GDS sales floor, even endorsed by the CEO who seems to thrive on the wannabe 'Wolf of Wall Street' culture. Staff are trained by GDS management to use illegal practises to gain phone numbers and contact details...including calling company offices pretending to someone else within that same company needing access to intranet and using illegal software that shows name and contact details when looking at a professional's LinkedIn page. You are actively encouraged to lie about who you are and what you do...a number of GDS employees are made to have fake alias's online due to a tarred reputation under previous names. The company are on a constant recruitment cycle, as employees are hired and fired weekly, and the band of cowboys otherwise known as the Senior Management are constantly having to upload fake, positive reviews here in order to absorb the constant flow of honest, negative reviews. The working enviremont is OF COURSE, fast paced and high pressure as any sales enviroment is...what is unacceptable is working within an environment rife with drugs, sexism and something commonly known within the company as 'snaking', a practise where employees actively go out of their way to steal business from one other leading to constant feuds. Multiple articles and C level executives complain about the illegal telemarketing practises at GDS, which are ignored and even threatened. Overall, AVOID AVOID AVOID

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5,0
21 mei 2026
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Great pay Challenging Rewarding New daily activities Pressure but positive

Minpunten

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1,0
5 nov 2025
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Pluspunten

Met a few good people here, but none of them lasted. Everyone eventually quit or got pushed out.

Minpunten

This company is a perfect example of how to burn out employees, squander talent, and mismanage a sales org. Team members are often overlooked, talked down to, and treated more like call-center output than actual professionals. My manager consistently interacted with me and others in ways that were discouraging and demoralizing, and it was clear there was little interest in coaching or developing people. The culture feels more like a clique-driven high school environment than a workplace. Turnover is nonstop, and the atmosphere noticeably changes whenever senior leadership is around. KPIs are unrealistic, and the product is genuinely tough to sell in the current market. Hitting quota is rare, many reps only close a couple of small deals the entire year, and the commission structure doesn’t make it any easier. You’re closely monitored from the moment you log in, and by mid-morning you’re already being questioned about your activity. Late hours are common due to rigid activity requirements. Training is minimal, senior reps generally keep to themselves, and asking for help sometimes gets interpreted as not being capable rather than trying to improve. The day-to-day environment is loud, chaotic, and high stress. Headphones aren’t allowed. Standards are enforced unevenly. Some people are given a wide berth, while others are micromanaged over very small things. The culture leans heavily on pressure, constant urgency, and short-term reactions instead of any real long-term strategy or leadership approach. If you care about your mental health, professional development, or actually improving as a salesperson, I’d strongly recommend looking at other companies. Leaving this role was genuinely one of the best decisions I’ve made for my career.

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