My honest review : SOS Call to the top Management - Sales Manager Criteo Employee Review

1.0
Mar 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Excellent at recruiting your colleagues, we all go well together and that is very pleasant - You will learn a lot on "Do it yourself" - You will know what you don't want in your next job - The view ( yes, their key communication for recruiting) - The office (Google like with a good atmosphere)

Cons

Disclaimer : I'm not happy to write this review because I know the potential of this company but it has to be done so maybe Top management will start taking actions against what's ruining this company. The sentence "You're not leaving the company, you're leaving your manager" has never been so true than with Criteo. Low level managers in general in Barcelona are very unqualified (No experience, no training except internal, they are lost at managing people) - Lifetime in Criteo is basically very short, so it is good as a first job but not if you plan to stay. Indeed, many people leaving the company, by themselves or not (10 people left in 8 months in my team of ..... 12 people). - Company really into numbers and not into humans even though all the fancies playstation and stuffs. - Very hierarchical, you can't exchange with someone without being pushed out if you're not at the same level - MicroManagement all day long, like you're back to highschool and your teamleaders/managers are just school teachers, despite being your age. You're not being listened to and if the figures are good, why do you complain ? - No yearly raised, so be sure to negotiate your salary - No real carrer path even though there is one. You have to know that even though before you could go from Sales Manager to TeamLeader in 12 months and without specific requirements, it takes now up to 3 years ! - Sales Manager Junior (8 to 12 months) -> Sales Manager Intermediate (same job with higher target and a small raise) (8 to 12 months) -> Teamleader or Sales Senior. In average : 1 to 2 person is getting promoted among a team of 15, 2 times a year. Criteo has the potential to be a really strong company because the values its build on are good, but unfortunately atmosphere is getting completely destroyed by low level managers and teamleaders.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great environment, great people to work with

Cons

Need to go back to office

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Criteo Response
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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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