Strong product and people, but internal complexity can slow execution - Senior Manager Criteo Employee Review

4.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Criteo is a strong, established player in ad tech with a recognizable brand and a product that generally works — which makes it easier to open doors and build partnerships. The people are smart, collaborative, and in many cases genuinely supportive, and there’s historically been a strong culture of teamwork and autonomy.

Cons

Decision-making can be slow, and at times internal teams compete for the same business, creating confusion both internally and with clients. As a large global organization, alignment across teams and priorities isn’t always consistent, and visibility into broader strategy can feel limited. Representation of women and people of color in leadership roles has also noticeably declined in recent years.

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Criteo Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback; It will help us improve as we move forward. While we encourage agility and autonomy, cross-team collaboration and collective momentum are just as equally important for us. It is a common priority to ensure we're all growing together and sharing the same vision for the future of our company. Thank you for your contribution to Criteo and wish you the best for what comes next!

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Great environment, great people to work with

Cons

Need to go back to office

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Criteo Response
2d
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!
2.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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

Post–new CEO, the company has descended into complete chaos. There is no transparency around decisions that impact teams and roles. There have been consistent strategy, personnel, and supplier changes with no explanation, accountability, or follow-through. Cons, continued: Employee input and performance do not matter. Decisions feel driven by appeasing BoD and optics rather than results, input and reality. The culture has become a corporate hellscape of: Endless reorganizations with no clear rationale, including layoffs with no reasoning Vague all-hands meetings that avoid real issues, even when directly asked A massive disconnect between the C-suite and day-to-day reality Eroded trust and growing position insecurity Middle managers incentivized to prioritize managing up & executive optics over team advocacy “Return to Office” policy put in place when promised a “Work from Anywhere” position, where the RTO policy differs across employees’ location Little to no growth opportunities despite high performance Under-market average compensation that was justified by locale, “Work from Anywhere”, and flexibility — which was recently rolled back A clear favoritism to those that “talk the talk” vs “performance with numbers”

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