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Dishonest executives, low employee morale, a company in slow decline - Product Smaato Employee Review

1.0
Jan 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people that worked at Smaato before the massive exodus in 2017 were great.

Cons

The CEO and "Chief Alliances Officer" are entirely focused on using this company as a vehicle to build their personal brand and reputation. They won't think twice about spending thousands on plants to serve as a backdrop for their personal photoshoot in the local paper, but paying employees a decent wage is out of the question. Almost all recent hires have been out of country workers, moving to Hamburg on work visas, for an extremely low salary. People do not matter to the executive team. Their entire focus is saving face with the new owners, grasping at straws to continue their tenure, destroying what could have been an innovative company.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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