If this is a global senior leadership position (as described in the JD), it really should be at the VP-level or higher. Otherwise, everything seems normal enough, although I'm not sure about the salary range – seems low for a position at this level that's also hybrid in New York.
THIS IS NOT SUPPORT ENGINEER WORK. Is something in the water? Is Venus in retrograde? Am I in the Upside Down? WHAT IS HAPPENING.
Okay, for starters, none (save one) of the duties listed in this JD are Lead-level duties. They clearly want a discount Director/VP of Support. (And at $70k-$150k, we're talking a *real* discount.)
This actually seems like a fairly well-scoped role, but the lack of salary transparency and culture issues that surfaced in the Head of Support role put this in Tread Carefully.
Boy this job opening sure sounds like Support! But nah, can't be, they have their AI for that!
My first thought when looking at this company's Careers page was: "My god, they desperately need a middle-aged manager to decline their screentime requests an hour before bedtime."
Ah, so they want a discount manager. Cooooool.
I'm posting this here because 1) A CX professional would absolutely kill it in this role, and 2) GET THAT MONEY.
Again, a CX pro with an EA background would be a great fit for this role (I know y'all are out there!) and the pay is great.
As with the Director of Support role, no comp given, no mention of benefits anywhere.
As with the other two roles listed here, no salary given and no mention of benefits anywhere.
Seems like an interesting, thoughtfully conceived role.
I'm torn on this one. I don't think I've ever seen a Customer Support Intern anywhere else, so that Okta offers an intern program for this is very cool. But the fact that they don't say what the comp is makes me think they're just trying to get Support work on the cheap.
For a hybrid role in NYC, that seems like a low salary range. And there's a *new* two-for-one! Amazing, monday.com over here disrupting corporate red flags, love it.
I'm not putting this in Tread Carefully because anything in the job is jumping out at me specifically – let's say it's a general wariness about Google's working environment and the fact that, again, the company doesn't address how they protect the mental health of those working in Trust & Safety.
Same concerns as with the Support Intern position – no indication of what the pay is or even if the internship is paid at all.
Every time they talk about how fun they are, another venture capitalist gets a little red flag pocket square.
That salary is too low for what they want this role to do, especially considering it's not entry-level and they're a SaaS tech company.
Ehhhhh. Look. Most people want to do the very best they can, and yes, overachieve. But I am immediately suspicious of any company that wants to codify an employee doing more than what they're being paid for.
So...this role is a Senior Manager, Strategic Customer Success managing Senior Customer Success Managers collaborating with Account Managers, Managing Directors and Customer Success Managers. Who's on first?
Y'all know by now that it doesn't sit well with me when leadership roles are well-compensated and frontline roles are not.
This isn't necessarily a red flag given the nature of First Due's product (software for EMS and Fire agencies), but when I read this I thought for sure they'd have a great compensation package to go with this requirement! But nope, they don't.
This really should be a more senior title – Head of, at least. But the salary, responsibilities, and requirements of the position seem otherwise appropriate for the title of manager, and the Careers page looks good.
Seems great – the Careers page is straightforward and informative and so is the job description. They seem to have a clear idea of their mission and what they're looking for in this role and they avoid euphemisms for startup life that often spell trouble in companies like this.
