LiveArea Reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)
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Mike Willoughby

81% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

LiveArea has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LiveArea employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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70 reviews
5.0
Nov 2, 2020

Good work life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Working from home * Multitude of projects to work on

Cons

* None at the moment that I can think of

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LiveArea Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Your feedback as a current employee is much appreciated!
1.0
Jan 14, 2021

Negative culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I would have liked to stay to see what else Jim Butler and his immediate crew are bringing to the table with regards to innovation. He has been a great inspiration at that level.

Cons

Regrettably, what he brings to the table does not trickle down in terms of a team oriented atmosphere. It is very toxic and there's a culture of having a 'fall guy' for projects and alot of finger pointing. I used to be one that had such high spirits and great positivity going into any project. I have been drained of it all and now I'm trying to work my way up again. What I have observed is favoring a boys club as I kept hearing the phrase many times from various members in the organization ... and then I understood what that meant. I'm very saddened to have left this organization, but when I'm at a point where I struggle to wake up in the morning and start the day, then I know it's time to go.

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LiveArea Response
5y
Thank you for your review. We regret that your experience was not positive at LiveArea, but we wish you well in your next chapter. We are committed to listening and we wish to learn from both positive and negative feedback to continue to make LiveArea a great place to work.
1.0
Jul 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Large and diverse client base -Employees aren't micromanaged

Cons

Where do I even begin? First of all, take a look at the reviews for PFSWeb, which is the parent company. That will give you a better idea of how things really are. Working here is just a popularity contest. The execs and upper management play favorites and if you're not part of their 'in' crowd, you're out of luck. Opportunities, praise, and blatant favoritism are given to the same small group of people over and over, while other hard working employees are constantly overlooked simply because they aren't part of the cult. Execs are constantly asking employees to write positive reviews on here, so take everything you are reading with a grain of salt. Most of it is fake, just like the people who work here. If you don't have some type of connection to the 'in' crowd, or didn't graduate from ACU, don't even bother applying because they won't take a second look at your application. Also, massive turnover is a huge issue. People are leaving left and right, and many people that are still here are actively searching for new opportunities.

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