Terrible place to work, steer clear! - Sales Director Integral Ad Science Employee Review

2.0
14 Jul 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice office, good work-life balance and still a market leader in the industry. You can make great (external) connections with clients. And the name IAS still gets you in the door for meetings. They are one of the few ad tech companies not reliant on the cookie. Have released an interesting keyword product recently.

Cons

Management encourages an environment of hostility, back-biting, politics and fear. People are petrified to express their opinions to the CEO. The environment of open ideas and innovation that used to exist at the company is now dead. The management team says publicly that "feedback is a gift" but then doesn't listen to either employees or customers. As a result, customers are routinely disappointed with the technology and service. And are even more frustrated when their feedback isn't incorporated to make products better. Sales are stagnant and getting worse since revenue is tied to overall economy/ad market. Most people in client facing roles are miserable and it's been a revolving door of people leaving the company. There have also been recent layoffs.

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Integral Ad Science Response
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