Critical Start

Item: Critical Start
Rating: 3.3
Author: Anonymous

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Profile Highlights

Competitive Salaries

OTE at Critical Start for Enterprise Account Executives is highly competitive compared to industry peers. View salaries

High Score for Product - Market Fit

Critical Start is in the 88th percentile for Product - Market Fit

Performance Category Ratings

See how employees rated Critical Start in RepVue’s key performance categories.

Category Score

Industry Percentile

Industry Rank

Culture and Leadership

3.9

83rd%of Software orgs

# 421of 2,547 Software orgs

Base Compensation

3.8

62nd%of Software orgs

# 947of 2,547 Software orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

3.2

41st%of Software orgs

# 1,510of 2,547 Software orgs

Product - Market Fit

4.4

88th%of Software orgs

# 292of 2,547 Software orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.4

22nd%of Software orgs

# 2,007of 2,547 Software orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.6

48th%of Software orgs

# 1,348of 2,547 Software orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.1

19th%of Software orgs

# 2,065of 2,547 Software orgs

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About Critical Start

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Critical Start is a cybersecurity company specializing in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. Founded in 2012, the company helps organizations detect, investigate, and...More

Percent that Attain Quota?

29%of team members typically hit their quota

Software Industry Average

41%

Global Average

43%

Quota Attainment at Critical Start

Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Sales Development RepresentativeSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$65k

OTE$80k

Top Performers$89k

Enterprise Account ExecutiveSalary data from 3 ratings

Base Pay$105k

OTE$300k

Top Performers$1m

Account ExecutiveSalary data from 3 ratings

Salaries at Critical Start

Reviews

Former Employee

2.3

Apr 17, 2025

Great culture at the beginning. Things seemed to have changed since summer/fall 2024

Useful

Former Employee

2.6

Aug 13, 2024

The leadership is great, until they are not. They are not trustworthy, and do not value their employees. They will fire top earning employees at will to keep them from earning their full potential.

2 Useful

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Reviews at Critical Start

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

100%

Job Categories

SDR / BDR

72%

Other

27%

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

73%

Ratings submitted by former employees

27%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Critical Start has an overall employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 80.67. They are ranked #941 out of all Software organizations.

Currently it is reported that 29.0% of the reps at Critical Start are hitting quota.

Critical Start has a rating of 3.9 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #840 in this category out of 5510 companies.

Critical Start has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #292 out of 2547 Software companies.