Pros
Probably sounds a bit cheesy to say we are a big happy family... but we are! My colleagues care about me and the Leadership team cares about my well being and work/life balance - or blend as it tends to be for me, a working, solo parent. Every week I am impressed by how our Workplace Experience team go above and beyond to make our days interesting and our lives comfortable. From free food and healthy snacks to events, to Pilates and meditation, to theme days, volunteer opportunities, incredible benefits, perks aplenty and help and support whenever needed, whatever it's needed for. From a work perspective, we are given ample opportunity to get involved in extra curricular opportunities. I recently got to speak at our Global conference, on a subject not related to my day to day work but that I am passionate about and which is relevant, in a broader sense, to everyone, and I've been with the company a mere 7 months. We can also work remotely from any other Criteo office if we want to do a bit of travelling. Which I think is such a simple yet effective perk! Management are very reasonable and recognise that life outside of work is incredibly important and that happy staff = a successful business.
Cons
As with all other jobs I've ever had in the media industry. Definitely not for the fainthearted, its a fast paced environment and the work seemingly never stops. We are rewarded really well from a financial perspective (in my opinion) so it makes it worthwhile. But it can be stressful at times and there are many plates to spin. That said, as described in 'pros', Criteo actually helps us learn and adopt the tools necessary to thrive in such an environment, for example: mindfulness and nutrition talks, meditation classes, massages on Fridays, the option to WFH ad hoc. The structure is quite flat, I don't know where I would go from here in another year or so. Though again, this is not exclusive to Criteo, this has always been the case for the Media roles and companies I've worked in, .
