Great Product and Product Team. Terrible Leadership. - Anonymous employee Placed Employee Review

2.0
Jul 21, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Great Product and Product Team - World-class data science team, with many opportunities to learn (if proactive) - Location Attribution is one of the few areas within ad tech that still has room to grow. Most advertisers are just starting to add it into their mix, which leaves tons of room for the best players to flourish

Cons

- Little to zero culture - Senior Leadership is product-oriented, and was overwhelmed when it came to building and scaling the company. - CEO is a micro-manager and is too hands on. Much of the CEO's day is spent doing things that should be handled by the employees hired to be responsible. This was one of the most common topics of discussion during employee water cooler conversations. The CEO should never be a blocker when it comes to winning business.

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5.0
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Pros

Great team to work with. Enjoyed coming in every day.

Cons

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5.0
Dec 28, 2016
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Pros

Our Executive team is composed of some of the hardest working individuals I've ever met and Placed is a reflection of the passion they put into the business. There is no sugarcoating that working at Placed means working hard but it also means working with some of the smartest, driven individuals in the area and working for a growing start-up with a very long future ahead of it. There are little-to-no politics or egos and a lot of respect for each other. Other pros: free lunch, unlimited snacks/food, a benefits packages that continues to get stronger each year, a 401(k) with match (and no vest), flexibility if you need to work from home - and to-the-point, informative meetings which means I can actually do my job.

Cons

Don't sweat the small stuff: we have a large, hard-working Executive team that can be too involved with smaller day-to-day things and details. Define and communicate: as more senior leadership has come on board, it is not always clear who the decision maker or final authority is - or how it's changed as the org continues to grow. Process isn't a bad thing: there is some resistance to implementing process or defining ownership where it's needed which has resulted in some friction between teams (or between older employees versus newer ones).

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