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Spiceworks Ziff Davis

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Spiceworks Ziff Davis Reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(249 total reviews)

Steve Horowitz

60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Spiceworks Ziff Davis has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spiceworks Ziff Davis 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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249 reviews
1.0
7 Jul 2022

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

The coffee machine in the UK office was off the charts good. + Every company you work for after will be better.

Cons

The company mismanagement, corporate strategy and work culture that is allowed to permeate in this organisation is shocking. avoid at all costs. -Unsuccessful US business units that treat their staff with distain rule the roost. -Their figurehead CEO will brag "anyone can buy a business for a dollar and make 75 cents" whilst overseeing tanking revenue streams and profits. -Their parent company (J2 Global) will write blank cheques for unlimited M&A to ensure they pay the bear minimum in corporate income tax. This core strategy allows the most toxic "its you or me" culture. -Those responsible for M&A, will ignore due diligence, will take backhanders (feel free to google this) from the worst run companies that join the Ziff portfolio padding out revenue streams for the following few months before the collapse under the strain of the most rudderless-ly arrogant cringe worthy leadership The 40% margin $16 million business I left due to lack of support; continual bureaucratic roadblocks; awful mismanagement at the highest level will effectively cease to trade in it's core service in 2023. Ziff will blundered a combined 16 million dollar revenue stream in 2 years. But don't worry, they will simply buy another business in the market to compensate, downsize - rinse and repeat. The business culture is not to build revenue streams; create a great working culture or increase profit/ebitda organically it is to "grow through acquisition" in order to over-inflate share value. This strategy then dictates the work culture. Toxic. Avoid

5.0
21 Oct 2016

Great Company

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Pros

I've been working at Spiceworks for 10 months now and, without a doubt, the best employer I have worked for. The recruitment process was an important part in influencing my decision in joining the business. The recruiter handled me well, unlike most do in the industry, never pressured me into doing days that I couldn't attend and gave me in detailed feed back after every step. You also got to meet majority of the senior members of the company, which doesn't happen in most intereviews, this gave me an opporunity to get an understanding of the direction of the business and really buy into it. When going through the interview process a lot of promises were made around the company culture, the autonomous nature of the role etc. It was giving it'self a lot to deliver on. But within the first 1 month of being here (London Office) it became very clear that these promises were being delivered on. The whole office is welcoming and there is a lot of an opportunity for after work social life. Our fantastic HR team are very proactive in making sure there is a sense of togetherness and culture, so they regularly organise dinners, nights out etc. Specific to the role, as a sales person I feel its important that management trust in your ability to do your job well. At Spiceworks they do just that. The product we sell is unique to the market and in comparison to our competitors, they can't come close to offering what we can. In sales this is great as it gives you a unique USP and makes your job easier. The company it'self is going in the right direction, they are hiring talented and bright individuals to help push us forward and investing more and more into us as employees. To summarise, coming to the end of my first 10 months and im already looking forward to the next 30.

Cons

Holiday is a bit under competitive but I have heard this is under review.

5.0
30 Jul 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic growing company with a great culture. The training is second to none and you are given every opportunity to succeed. Work hard and you will get rewarded over and above your package and with the growth plans there are opportunities to progress your career and move up the ladder.

Cons

With the training and opportunities provided there is pressure to meet individual targets. the company is very target driven and there is a pressure to meet your individual targets

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