A lot of potential, but be cautious. - Anonymous employee Needls Media Employee Review

3.0
Mar 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Extremely passionate group of people who all have unique knowledge bases, skills and the capacity to really help one another keep motivated for goal achievement. Communications, User Success and DevOps teams are really solid and collectively focused on success in their respective departments, for product, brand, and clients alike. Branding, Social, and Outbound product face and aesthetic are modern and on trend to other current successful tech start ups. Big up's to the Communications team. CTO and COO are generally open to one on one talks on the fly, or will make the time to connect as soon as they have a free moment. Cool Office location in the Junction. Snacks and Food readily available. Casual Dress Code and Liberal. Regular WFH and half days for personal leave if needed. Open office & chill office space.

Cons

Days can feel long at times, but expected with the workloads. Work and expectations from CEO can be a bit strenuous even unattainable at times with really aggressive deadlines/ goal achievement turn around times. High burn out / Employee turnover rate with few making past the 12 month mark. Platform can be a bit buggy, and policies around account creation, ad spend, pause/"sleep" and account cancellation modes can be a bit misleading, causing user frustration, negative reviews and account termination. Likely an implicit factor leading to relatively high user churn beyond avg user campaign cycle. Office goes through waves of extreme silence and then extreme points of loud on a regular can be hard to focus on tasks at hand sometimes, especially when on a client or vendor call. Suggestions and ideas for collective improvement are usually turned down or reframed for CEO's preferences (induced micro managing).

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Needls Media Response
8y
Thank you for your detailed review. We appreciate all feedback from team members and take it to heart. As a co founder I am sorry to hear that you did not have a better experience at our company as we take employee satisfaction very seriously. We strive to provide a work environment where all team members are respected, appreciated and armed with the tools for success. We are always looking to improve employee satisfaction and your feedback will be helpful for us as we move forward. If you want to discuss in more detail our doors are always open and we wish you the best in your future endeavours.

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1.0
Feb 8, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very few! However, it should be said that the staff working there are wonderful! They are completely, unutterably and intolerably undervalued and undermined at all times, but manage to continue doing their jobs regardless of this senseless and egotistical pressure from the top.

Cons

Where to begin, at the heart of everything wrong is the boss and the platform, which I guess is everything apart from the aforementioned awesome people who work there. The first of these problems is someone totally inept at personnel management, choosing the path of negging staff rather than any form of positive reinforcement. There is constant shouting and swearing throughout the day, with snide comments and passive aggressive messages being sent through messenger. You are monitored by a mic’d camera at all times, giving an atmosphere more akin to a POW camp than a place of work. I mean even working for a great company, it is very important to have candid conversations with colleagues about company development without the fear of repercussions from an infantile boss, and just in case I haven’t hammered this point home, this is as far from a great company as I’ve seen. Although some good parts of the platform exist, it is bug filled and then bundled up into a bunch of exaggerations that allow users to believe it is much more advanced than it is. Happy clients are few and far between and this leaves those that work there demoralized and even at times left me feeling somewhat at an ethical crossroads. Also, I feel some of these glass door reviews are entirely fabricated and that says all you need to know about needls.

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Needls Media Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback. At needls we value having an open and respectful environment where all staff are treated properly. I have discussed your concern with our management team as we take these comments very seriously. If you would like to discuss in more detail you are welcome to email me jeremy@needls.com or stop by our office. We have implemented a number of new initiatives in the past few months that have been received very well as we are constantly striving to improve.
2.0
Oct 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Close to TTC Open work space Great places to eat around Great product concept and automates Facebook ads Learn lots of skills and great for self learners You'll learn a lot of skills here that will prep you for future positions

Cons

Limited opportunities for growth as company is still small Open on Holidays - Hours are 9am to 9:30pm M-F Slow to hire on User Success side Lack of training and support for User Success Side Overwhelming dealing with both inbound and outbound chats simultaneously Too many hats - customer service, account management, Facebook expert, tech support Underpaid for the responsibilities - needs a better pay structure to reflect the amount of work Very quick burnout rate. Always have to be 100%.

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Needls Media Response
8y
Thank you for your detailed review. I have shared your feedback with the rest of the management team as we take employee satisfaction very seriously and are always looking to improve. We wish you the best in your future endeavours and if you want to discuss your feedback in more detail our doors are always open.
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