Company compromised by CEO - avoid at all costs. - Senior Manager Social Native Employee Review

1.0
Mar 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Employees are talented and hardworking. Most executive leaders look out for their team. Company had a promising start but CEO failure to lead will sink the company.

Cons

CEO inability to allow more competent executives to make decisions. 100% turnover in all departments, especially Engineering, Product, Sales, and Account Management across senior and junior positions. All resignations directly tied to inability to work with CEO. Chief Officers have left for the same reason. Stock was inflated for founding employees to prevent purchase. Salary is way below market rate despite funding rounds that could invest in employees and technology. CEO cannot lead and compromises company culture, employee well-being, and company vision for his own ego. Toxic environment, no vision, no path to success. CEO ego trumps everything. DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING THE CEO SAYS!

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great team and in office 4/5 days a week. The team is fairly small so there’s access to CEO and higher ups with ease. The office is in Culver City which is great

Cons

I wouldn’t call it a con but I would say it’s a place where you would have to love what you do.

1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting industry, get to work with platform partners

Cons

I went into Social Native like most current or ex employees having read the reviews and deciding to be optimistic. Once I started, I realized that the reviews had not been exaggerated and in fact, may have been holding back. I've never worked at a company where leadership is praised for putting individuals on the spot and reprimanding them in front of a group. Where employees were told to actively lie to clients under the premise that "that's just how things work". We were encouraged to hire people and have them leave their jobs for promises of emerging tech, industry knowledge and a leadership team that will show them the way just to turn around and fire them when they didn't hit certain standards within 30 days (or less). Working at Social Native is actually scary because you start to believe that these are normal operating standards of business. However, being on the other side I can tell you that this is absolutely not normal and I encourage anyone who is thinking about joining to reconsider. I hope that reading these reviews is cause for reflection of how things are run at Social Native.

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