Amazing company culture! - Anonymous employee The Trade Desk Employee Review

5.0
9 Jun 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have never been in a company with such amazing people. Everyone is just so incredibly smart and friendly. I actually look forward to going to work everyday, which I never thought was possible! TTD stresses during the interviews how they are really looking for culture fit and it really shows in how helpful and supportive everyone is.

Cons

None that I can think of. Maybe more free food would be nice.

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great office environment with catered lunches and snacks. The CEO is a founder and truly believes in long term success and works hard to get there.

Cons

Morale is low right now with the stock tanking and RSUs worth less for people who started years ago. A lot of re-orgs and churn at the executive level.

3.0
11 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good working environment and perks - good pay (bad now due to depressed stock)

Cons

The company's leadership and talent selection mechanism is pretty bad. The performance management system has literally two rating (meet / doesnt meet) - how do you identify who to promote and mentor with two ratings? there are no growth paths, objectives, etc to guide anyone career - seems like everyone works for one persons unstructured strategy. People get elevated and recruited using a haphazard mechanisms and these recruits specially at higher levels have no way of understanding talent or grooming one. Hence the company struggles to compete in a space where the worlds best organizations compete (Google, Amazon, Meta, etc.). They hire from top places but just getting a bunch of top players doesnt make a high performing team - you also need the team structure, growth paths and coaching that leads players to win. This company will keep loosing its A players - and soon may struggle to survive if things dont change.

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