JustWatch Reviews

4.3

79% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)
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David Croyé

85% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

JustWatch has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The JustWatch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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41 reviews
2.0
9 May 2022

Slave-ish Culture

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

The people working there are fantastic, at least when I worked there. And some cool parties and events too.

Cons

All the rest. Culture based in fear. They sell a "netflix-ish" environment, but the reality is that you will feel like a slave working there. You will have afraid to get your vacation days, because the deadlines are COMPLETELY unrealistic, and you have to work your on weekend to deliver in time. No respect for your life outside work. Working 12 hours per day is extremely common. I've worked from 5am to 9pm once. I skipped the whole Easter holiday once, working the whole holiday (including the weekend and both holidays). I really have a lot of examples of this, but I think you get the idea ;D And I remember to heard the CEO saying in a major meeting with every single employee that he doesn't care about the engineers because the app doesn't give him any profit. His head works like this: If you give him profit, then you worth something. Otherwise, he doesn't care at all about you.

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JustWatch Response
3y
Let me start by thanking you for your feedback. Two of our core values are "we are transparent" and "we want to make everything better". You have done so here and so will I do my best to reply with the same mindset. We can always improve and feedback like this drives us to do so. We have already managed to significantly improve the situation and the need for overtime work is much smaller (if any) now. All in I'm sorry we let you down and would be open to a coffee if you want to speak further offline.
1.0
18 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

After few months of working for Justwatch, there are 0 “Pros” to working for them.

Cons

Managers: Management is terrible! Mine was a badly trained manager, not very nice people! & rude sometimes. Bad at all levels; communication, people management & feedback! Overworked regularly! Too much work being demanded and not being reflected in pay that is lower than market rate. You don't get bad for your almost daily overtime! On-boarding doesn't exist! U re just asked by bad managers to start working from day 1 using tools and processes u 're not used to! and ask questions while discovering it! a terrible approach! Micromanagement: You will be micromanaged, chased and watched at all times. Turnover: Every week we have people leaving and later other joining as a back fill which is not normal for a company with less then 100 employees. Company culture: It only exit as a page in the website. No culture at all.

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JustWatch Response
3y
Thank you for your review. Your suggested hiring recommendation is noted. Despite our best efforts, we don’t always get this right and we do know that can lead to turn over as the position has to be appropriate for the skillset and level of the individual. Regarding overtime, we have managed to significantly improve the situation and the need for overtime work is much smaller (if any) now. In addition, we have already developed an HR team to simplify the processes for our employees, have implemented an onboarding program and have also put a focus on leadership trainings. Thanks again for your feedback. It is very much appreciated. If you still need to talk, feel free to contact us at any time.
1.0
29 Jun 2021

Not worth the pain! A lot that needs to be improved!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fast growing company in the streaming industry.

Cons

-Micromanagement is being practiced a lot and is considered as a positive approach by my manager and the company leadership! -Overtime (non-paid) is a daily habit: Long hours, less work life balance, The excuse is "We are a startup!" -Communication and feedback culture: Poor managerial communication skills. Manager Feedback is more of critics than a constructive feedback! -Retention rate: Every week we have new staff joining the company and others leaving. Also, with so many working-students and interns hiring, I consider it as an unstable work environment. -No/few documentations, no/very little processes, no HR department yet! A lot that needs to be setup and improved. -Company business culture: With almost all key leaders being Germans (Founders and managers), the company culture is still living in a very limited and localized German business cocoon. Still not an international business environment/culture. => Experienced Employees in other international environments will spot this quickly! -Leadership team claims to meet new hires in the first 2 weeks max! but they never did!

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JustWatch Response
3y
Thank you for your review. We understand that this can be a problem especially when the company is growing but in the past couple of months, more people joined JustWatch and the workload is distributed more appropriately now. We have managed to significantly improve the situation and the need for overtime work is much smaller (if any) now. We have already developed an onboarding program so that every employee has a good start and also gets to know the founders in the first 10 days. In addition, we have already developed an HR team to simplify the processes for our employees and have also put a focus on leadership trainings. Even if you didn't enjoy your time with us, we thank you for your dedication and feedback so that we can continue to improve. If you still need to talk, feel free to contact us at any time.
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