Leadbolt Reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)

Dale Carr

73% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Leadbolt has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Leadbolt 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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25 reviews
1.0
Nov 6, 2014

Beware: Terrible place to work...

Recommend
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Pros

- Company has developed a strong reputation in the global market very quickly - Focused on innovative technology which is exciting and interesting - Company growing very fast and mobile is booming at the moment

Cons

- Culture of micro-management, borderline bullying, and dishonesty that is consistent throughout all senior management in Australia office - Salaries across the board in this company is generally below the average market ratrespectryone in sales is expected to work min 12-16 hours up to 6 days per week as entire clients globally are managed from Sydney - Senior management is typically very tight with any type of expense so expect to either having to pay for it yourself or expect a low-budget solution - Toxic culture and bad attitudes amongst the entire team due to poor treatment from management - You will be expected to give 200% in your role, otherwise they will either terminate you or mansge you out. In return, management will provide you with below market rate remuneration, fail to deliver on promises, unfulfilled expectations, stressful working environment, little respect or consideration and ongoing threats of job insecurity - Lack of transparency and honest communication from senior management because they do mot trust anyone from the common team with any info regarding company - The CEO's is commonly known to be very frugal with money so expect some peculiar pathetic behaviour from him such as expired (rotten) snacks at company meetings, any leftover drinks/food supplied get stored in his office to avoid getting taken so can be used for next event (which explains the expired snacks), cheap/low budget work laptops for everyone but Apple Macs for all senior management, authorised ONLY $5000 budget for company activities/entertainment for the whole year for an office of 40+ people. Oh yeah, and despite the success of the company last year, he wouldn't have spent more than $200 on our company's end of year Christmas party because he supplied a few cases of beer and enrolled us to do charity work in a Jewish food kitchen FYI - There is a review written here on Glassdooor, titled :“This place is going places ” on Mar 31, 2014. I am willing to bet all the money I have that this was written by Dale the CEO. This has his name all over it,. I can tell just from reading it. This kind of deceptive behaviour is not surprising. He once also went on the radio for an interview saying that we are hiring and have 50+ jobs available to send a message that we are rapidly growing as a PR stunt. He had a bunch of random jobs added to the website to back this up. However, the problem was that the majority of these jobs were not an actual immediate requirement for the business at the time. Shameful practice.

1.0
Sep 29, 2016

Do not recommend.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- easy going management. - time off can be arranged easily.

Cons

- 9 hour workdays. - minimal flexibility. - below average pay. - no room for personal growth. - turnover rate of over 60% in 6 months 2015-2016. - no employee benefits - set salary and that is it. - annual leave required even if 10 minutes. - management rarely makes amendments to issues raised by staff,

1.0
Feb 11, 2016

Company culture needs to change

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people in key positions. Smart business and in a growth space

Cons

Company culture is lacking. There is a workaholic strain that spreads from the top town. Geographical distance from key clients is a killer.

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