Recognition but underpaid - Database Developer Merkle Employee Review

4.0
Jan 17, 2018
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Pros

Nice colleagues and working environment. I received a lot of recognition from many ways, e.g. bi-weekly MVP nomination, seasonal dev star, and the YouEarnIt system that colleagues can five points to each other to express thankful.

Cons

I was working in China, where lack of domestic projects. Mostly, we worked in maintenance job instead of which lack of more challenges. Turnover rate is high here, seems a lof of dev and analyst were underpaid in the market.

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5.0
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Pros

Good culture, flexible depending on team

Cons

Could be low paying and depend on client

3.0
Dec 23, 2025
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Pros

Merkle goes through a thoughtful process to hire people. As a result, they have really smart people who know their stuff. If you are early career, it is a great place to learn. Also, because they have such big clients, you earn lots of "street cred" as you build your resume. When you start interviewing for your next role, you get to brag about working with some of the largest brands in the world.

Cons

The biggest con is that they are leaning on offshore talent a ton! When I left, they were starting to offshore so much that it was turning into a production heavy as opposed to strategy heavy agency. It is no longer the amazing company that David Williams, Craig Dempster and others had build.

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