Pros
IAS is a great place for your first job. You will learn a ton and meet some great people. As an employer, IAS’ selling point is the people. Most people you will work with are genuine, down-to-Earth people who are just trying to do their best. Solid technology. The platform has some rare outages but the basic components are well-established. Good benefits package. Cigna health insurance, 401(k) match, flexible PTO.
Cons
C-suite leadership is out of touch with the employee base. Their words do not equal their actions. Multiple reorgs leading to layoffs (not COVID related) due to mismanagement and poor executive leadership Compensation is lacking, severely. “Managers” (not people managers) are paid upwards of 40% more than “Associates” for doing exactly the same job. Paying more for experience is standard, but this goes beyond that. Is it a coincidence that employees hired before the Vista (private equity firm) acquisition are paid substantially more than their counterparts hired after? You decide. Products are rolled out with little input from customer-facing departments. This is slowly changing but “why was this even released yet!?” moments are the norm. HR throws random meaningless perks at employees. One can only assume this is a vain attempt to distract us from the structural and endemic deficiencies of the employee experience. Career development is almost non-existent and when it does come, only your title will change as you’ve probably been doing the same job as those senior to you since you joined. And don’t expect any sort of meaningful raise. Potential candidates: do your due diligence. Ask yourself why the attrition rate is so high. So many talented people are leaving because there are better options out there. If you can hold out for a year or so for the experience and the name on your resume, go for it. Otherwise, think long and hard about what you might be getting into.