Company in Trouble - Pay attention to dates of Glassdoor reviews - Publisher Advocate Sovrn Employee Review

2.0
30 Jan 2018
Recommend
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Pros

As other reviews have mentioned - you get unlimited PTO (if your manager does not guilt trip you every time you take a day), some catered lunches, snack wall, yoga once a week, barista every day, etc. Not sure if all perks will stay in place. The company desperately needs to save and bring in revenue. Cool office (although practically empty at this point) Young team

Cons

HR dept. writes positive reviews after negative ones are posted, then asks everyone to mark as "helpful" to keep the review at the top when Glassdoor automatically sorts reviews in Popular order. - 2 massive layoffs within 6 months time tells you the company is in bad shape - one of the big issues brought up in employee NPS surveys of Sovrn in 2017 was the uncertainty of the company's future. The CEO basically addressed this in saying every company that is comparable to Sovrn is suffering too. - The small companies in the industry simply cannot survive with issues like ad blocking, net neutrality, and giants like Google & Amazon running the show - Not the time to get into this industry - Communication between departments is horrible and has been a concern for years, but has not been appropriately addressed - CEO looks down upon salespeople. Just laid off the entire sales team to focus on marketing, but the brand identity of Sovrn is suffering and causing them to lose publishers (clients) so this may not be a good move. - You cannot find a positive review of Sovrn (from the client perspective) written in the last year - It seems they care more about spending their money on the perks offered rather than keeping their revenue-driving employees. I would be nervous with all the restructuring after the most recent layoff in 2018 - No room for career growth here. They simply don't have positions to move up into, only lateral moves - Base salaries are low and the commission opportunity discussed in interviews isn't accurate or comparable to similar positions in the area

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5.0
18 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Strong culture of learning and career growth -High exposure to different teams, responsibilities, and challenges -Supportive, collaborative coworkers -Opportunities to build and influence real parts of the business -Solid leadership and great managers who invest in their people

Cons

-Fast-paced environment that can feel demanding at times -Requires comfort with ambiguity and change -Not always a place for those looking for rigid structure or narrow roles

2.0
5 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Sovrn has a strong work/life balance, and somewhat competitive perks (unlimited PTO). - The people are great and the atmosphere is relaxed. - The work is challenging. - A good place to get your career started in tech.

Cons

- In an increasingly commodified + competitive market, with pressure coming in on all sides, Sovrn has struggled to bring a substantial differentiator to market. The work that is being championed is bringing it up to mid 2010's level technology. - Sovrn has continually decided to invest in cost-savings + infrastructure overhauls, which are needed, but this ultimately prohibits new products, forward-thinking and a growth-first mindset. - Decision makers are siloed and have narrow POVs. - Executive level is an insiders club and rarely held accountable. - Individual Contributors are consistently asked to go above and beyond without clear understanding of what it will do for them + the company. - Every product competes with each other, rather than contributing to each other. Resourcing is usually too lean (before large layoffs). - Less that competitive pay for the industry.

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