Great Benefits; Toxic Culture - Account Coordinator The Trade Desk Employee Review

3.0
14 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Probably some of the best benefits you’ll find. 2. Stock compensation is good. 3. Lots of internal resources and means of communication between different teams & departments. 4. Opportunity to work alongside very experienced and knowledgeable people.

Cons

1. There is a culture of micro-management, especially in client-facing roles. 2. Work-life balance is almost non-existant. 3. The company has a concerning cult-like culture. Some folks make their role in this company their entire personality. Kind of feels like a college fraternity sometimes. 4. Genuinely, your experience is going to largely depend on (1) what department you’re in and (2) who’s on your team. Employees who have been at the company longer are cliquey. In my opinion, the culture in internal-facing teams is healthier than that of client-facing teams. 5. Very low diversity in the company. There are also no employee resource groups, if that’s something you’re looking for. I have heard offensive comments from coworkers on a few occasions. 6. Lots of events with alcohol that are hard to avoid. You may get made fun of if you don’t participate. Not that it’s inherently bad to drink or anything, but if you choose to simply not participate, it will reflect negatively on you after a while.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
11 May 2026
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Business outlook

Pros

Good working environment and perks - good pay (bad now due to depressed stock)

Cons

The company's leadership and talent selection mechanism is pretty bad. The performance management system has literally two rating (meet / doesnt meet) - how do you identify who to promote and mentor with two ratings? there are no growth paths, objectives, etc to guide anyone career - seems like everyone works for one persons unstructured strategy. People get elevated and recruited using a haphazard mechanisms and these recruits specially at higher levels have no way of understanding talent or grooming one. Hence the company struggles to compete in a space where the worlds best organizations compete (Google, Amazon, Meta, etc.). They hire from top places but just getting a bunch of top players doesnt make a high performing team - you also need the team structure, growth paths and coaching that leads players to win. This company will keep loosing its A players - and soon may struggle to survive if things dont change.

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