All the Blame, None of the Reward - Software Engineer Mediavine Employee Review

2.0
20 May 2025
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Pros

- they hired some great people to work with - unlimited PTO is pretty well respected here, you are truly able to take as much as you want as long as it is reasonable and planned well

Cons

- Layoffs, restructuring, team redundancy, etc: they'll continue to promise it won't happen again only for it to happen 2 months later with a new name and another promise - One of those layoffs (of the entire QA department) came shortly before headline news of CEO purchasing a mansion for so much money it was worthy of being headline news - They do NOT trust their engineers and make that the engineers fault and problem - They will brag about work/life balance but your biggest source of stress in life will be if you might have missed something important and out of left field on slack that you WILL be blamed for missing - No internal growth opportunities unless you are a favorite - They'll bring in new blood only to fire them within a year for having the audacity to say "no" a couple of times - sick days used to be unlimited, now have a limit - slowly removing all of the good benefits, either saying nothing or promising to "compensate you another way later" only for later to never come

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5.0
21 Aug 2025
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Pros

Mediavine invests in its employees and provides plenty of opportunities to develop new skills. Leadership has been making a noticeable effort to support employees while encouraging open communication and feedback. Colleagues are always willing to share knowledge, and there's a genuine sense of wanting to see clients as well as the company succeed.

Cons

Like any company, there can be challenges and shifts in priorities as the industry changes. This has impacted some colleagues, which is never easy, but the company has handled it with respect and care.

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1.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

They had a very strong LGBTQ+ hiring initiative, despite the national political effort to dissuade employers away from doing that.

Cons

I have never experienced working directly with an executive leadership team who strived on a daily basis so intentionally to burn the company to the ground as quickly as possible. The laughably bad business decisions which were made, the very public and juvenile infighting between executives, and the pathetic excuses which followed when mass layoffs "had to happen" is just... sad. It is not surprising, but it's just sad. MV could have been such a great place to work. But, instead "toxic" would have been a real blessing. Working there was like surviving "Squid Game"... every single day. That is no way to live.

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