BDRs Betrayed - werkgeversreview Business Development bij MicroStrategy

1,0
10 aug 2019
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Nice location, spacious office, interesting product

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Where do I begin? Lets start with the most important aspect for anyone in business development – commission. The commission plan is fluid to put it kindly. You can have absolutely no confidence in the commission plan as it changes non stop, this could be due to the constant changes in senior management however the fact that it seems to change whenever there is potentially some large commission to pay out due to deals about to come in has led me to believe its something more planned and sinister. I have come to the firm conclusion that there is somebody in the CFO office who is actively instructing the sales department to adjust the commission plan accordingly in order to minimise commission paid. This would be in line with the general drive to minimise costs in the last 12 months. The company has been boasting about recruitment numbers etc, however this hides the fact that new recruits seem to be coming in on minimal salary while a lot of the higher earners in senior management appear to have been shown the exit. With the constant drive to minimise commission and the clear message of driving down costs it does lead one to wonder if the company is in worse shape than they are stating in there financial reporting (which wouldn’t be the first time!) Next up I will touch on the culture / atmosphere at work. To be completely frank it appears to be little more than a cult worshipping the CEO / Chairman of the Board / President -(all the same person by the way lol). Any senior management who dare disagree with anything the great leader says doesn't last long. Which obviously leads to yes men all through the chain of command. I can honestly say I have not had one manager who I actually respected in terms of how they do their job. Everyone lives in fear of the great leader and this obviously permeates every aspect of working their, to the extent that as part of their reviews they have everyone anonymously rate others performance, which is obviously used to settle scores. Anyone familiar with the tactics of the great cultural revolution? Is that's your thing then MSTR (Microstrategy) is the place for you! . Anyway I have better things to be doing than spending time on this company, I would just urge any BDR looking to join MSTR to avoid this company. You will not get the commission you are promised and the fact that they are actively minimising the commission they are paying may point to something far more serious in terms of their future viability. Finally, it is quite amusing to see all the poorly written, short, positive reviews with no likes. If i didn't know better I would have to question whether they were genuine... Thanks for taking the time to read this

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5,0
30 jul 2025
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Good pay and benefit. Great support for immigration and legal. Great work life balance. Supportive and talented co-workers

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3,0
14 jun 2026
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You will learn ALOT here and if you can stomach the culture you can get promoted quickly or move teams with little friction. Above market rate benefits that start Day 1 Generally speaking good camaraderie amongst the worker ranks I’ve held multiple roles and have appreciated the opportunities to travel internationally which was life changing The product has a little bit of a learning curve but it genuinely is something special once it’s up and running I felt that towards the end of my tenure my pay was exemplary although I really had to earn it

Minpunten

Wowwwww where to begin… Well it’s a top down organisation but also a market laggard. Given our position relative to our competitors this regime of leadership is responsible for missing the moment in Cloud, BI and AI. Middle management and upper management alike don’t have a clue and it’s definitely a soap opera of leadership and empire or cult building. Not a great feeling of purpose when everything you do internally as well as with customers is overshadowed by Bitcoin. Dwindling customer base. We’re really only making money by replacing ironically technologies older than us (Cognos,BOBJ) or moving existing customers to our managed cloud The community is totally dead especially internationally. Minimal on the ground experts at strategy and a very loose and underfunded partner program Product conceptually is great but struggles to differentiate from hyperscalers and modern cloud data platforms on value. Leadership can definitely get a little preachy touting merits or metrics that are pretty vain in the big picture Specifically in the last 3 years gaslighting has been the norm for management. Everything here feels performative and doing your best to do your work without upstaging or upsetting your manager. The RSU distribution definitely feels like serfdom. The employees at the bottom get a single digit or if you’re a heretic you get double digit number of RSUs, but it definitely does not seem fair that the benefits of the Bitcoin strategy rolled to the top, at least when the asset is up

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