Hodes Reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)
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Roopesh Nair

61% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Hodes has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hodes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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110 reviews
5.0
Aug 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home, work on interesting projects, they build innovative technology that makes you proud to be a part of it, work with smart people

Cons

Having just been acquired there is some uncertainty, but it looks to be positive.

5.0
Feb 24, 2016

Compensation increases and bonus .. wohoo

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Feel like we finally turned the corner and are sharing the wealth with the employees. Really glad to have received a surprise bonus and a revised comp plan which really makes me feel motivated about working at Hodes. The work I'm doing is making a direct impact to the company and indirectly to me.

Cons

None at this point. Keep pushing.

4.0
Aug 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I've worked at Hodes for 10+ years, have been through the changes from large public company, to Silicon Valley SaaS startup in Findly, and back to Hodes. Now, because of the success of Hodes as a standalone company once again focusing on omnichannel employer brand over the last 1.5 years, our Parent company has decided to invest more in our space with the creation of Symphony Talent, yet Hodes will remain at its core, something that is critical to the legacy Hodes clients and staff. We finally have a visionary in Roopesh Nair, our CEO. He gets our space being a marketing technologist himself. He's personally met with probably 90% of our clients face to face, and can tell you what virtually every employee's role in the company is. He has created a management structure from the top down that actually holds managers accountable for their staff yet fosters a constant, open and collaborative culture. There are documented employee training and growth programs, there are bonus incentives, monthly all hands calls - things that never existed in the past. And leaders in the organization are a combination of legacy Hodes employees that Roopesh identified / uncovered from anonymity and fresh thinking from the outside. Hodes also remains an incredibly close knit employee base, which is evidenced by the friendships we have with our coworkers outside of work - Two of my best friends in life are former Hodes employees. When you're largely a virtual organization, that says a lot.

Cons

As with any company that has been through so much change, cultural shift is hard. If you're content and want to approach your work like you always have, if you're not on board with the vision of the company, you're going to struggle, it's that simple. You're going to be given more support than you've ever received, though. But there are some that feel they have been passed over and those employees tend to express negative sentiment internally/externally. But if you're good, and you work hard, you will be recognized - something that rarely happened in the past. But change is not easy, and sometimes the pace of our vision struggles to be met with the pace of our execution. And we will get there eventually, but there will be growing pains.

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Hodes Response
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Thank you for the eloquent, well-balanced summary of Hodes' journey over the last several years. We are glad that you perceive the organization to be on the right track and we appreciate the advice on how to ensure we are successful. We appreciate your support and your great work. Together we will bring this transformation to life.
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