Cogent Communications

Item: Cogent Communications
Rating: 2.6
Author: Anonymous

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Performance Category Ratings

See how employees rated Cogent Communications in RepVue’s key performance categories.

Category Score

Industry Percentile

Industry Rank

Culture and Leadership

2.0

9th%of Telecom orgs

# 71of 78 Telecom orgs

Base Compensation

3.2

43rd%of Telecom orgs

# 45of 78 Telecom orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

2.7

21st%of Telecom orgs

# 62of 78 Telecom orgs

Product - Market Fit

3.0

24th%of Telecom orgs

# 60of 78 Telecom orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.5

31st%of Telecom orgs

# 54of 78 Telecom orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

1.4

3rd%of Telecom orgs

# 76of 78 Telecom orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.3

26th%of Telecom orgs

# 58of 78 Telecom orgs

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About Cogent Communications

Greater Washington DC Area

Cogent is one of the world's largest Internet Service Providers, delivering high quality Internet, Ethernet and Colocation services to more than 91,900 Enterprise and NetCentric...More

Percent that Attain Quota?

14%of team members typically hit their quota

Telecom Industry Average

40%

Global Average

43%

Quota Attainment at Cogent Communications

Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Sales Development RepresentativeSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$50k

OTE$80k

Top Performers$115k

Strategic Account ExecutiveSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$95k

OTE$200k

Top Performers$560k

SMB Account ExecutiveSalary data from 10 ratings

Salaries at Cogent Communications

Reviews

Current Employee

2.1

Mar 11, 2025

bare bones, all hunting, no leads, no bdr, must find everything yourself, they do not pay for tools like zoominfo, or LinkedIn navigator, you must use free chrome extensions to try and find contact info

Useful

Former Employee

1.6

Feb 19, 2025

Not a great place to work at all. Bad management. Bad product.

Useful

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Reviews at Cogent Communications

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

149

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

82%

Job Categories

Account Executive

128

85%

Leadership Roles

SDR / BDR

Other

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

63%

Ratings submitted by former employees

37%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cogent Communications has an overall employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 68.28. They are ranked #73 out of all Telecom organizations.

Currently it is reported that 13.6% of the reps at Cogent Communications are hitting quota.

Cogent Communications has a rating of 2.0 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #5169 in this category out of 5495 companies.

Cogent Communications has a rating of 3.0 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #60 out of 78 Telecom companies.