Poor leadership, great perks - Anonymous employee Criteo Employee Review

3.0
22 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Technology that works Nice offices with free drinks and food Annual summer retreat that involved every employee Smart people Fun culture Solid benefits package and vacation time

Cons

Poor leadership especially within the mid-market team Some managers were promoted too early and have 0 leadership/management skills Paris HQ can painfully slow things down Lack of direction and resources Long interview process with too many people involved

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Criteo Response
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Hi there - thank you for taking the time to submit such thoughtful feedback! Appreciate your candor and detail here. Firstly, really glad to see the things that you have positive feedback on - we have a great product, and invest in making our offices a fun and engaging atmosphere to be a part of! On the flip side, you've pointed out one of our greatest challenges. With more than doubling our size each year, we've needed to ask employees to stretch themselves take on more responsibilities, and step into management roles, perhaps faster than what would be ideal in a perfect world. On the one hand, this has created some great progression opportunities for a lot of our highly successful employees. On the other, it does mean that some of our managers are "learning on the job". Because of this, we're just in the process of rolling out a newly designed management & leadership education program designed to support our new managers through this transition. We will be starting the pilot next month, and will roll this out more broadly in Q2 and beyond. You're exactly right in pointing out this challenge, and we hope that this tremendous investment, along with additional leadership support, can help address these concerns. In the mean time, if you have a specific concern that needs to be addressed more urgently, please do reach out to your leadership or your HR Business Partner. Best HR

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Cons

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Criteo Response
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We're thrilled to receive such positive feedback and to know that you've found a place where you can grow and thrive at Criteo. Thank you for sharing and for your trust all these years. It's great to have you on the team!
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Pros

Smart, hardworking people at the individual contributor level (many of whom are now gone). Little micro-managing, but that’s because everyone’s bandwidth is near 0

Cons

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