MediaMath Reviews

Pros

big and established company, brand new office space in Financial District, some opportunity to travel as the company has global presence

Cons

No mentorship whatsoever for junior software developer, at the time I worked there I barely ever had a chance to speak to my direct manager. Very disorganized.

Pros

Mathletes are incredibly supportive. From day-to-day, 1:1 interactions to investing in corporate training programs, we care about each others success. We're working on solving tough problems and everyone in the organization plays a role in finding solutions.

Cons

If you don't love tech, you may find this a challenging place to succeed. Mathletes are technically inclined and for those not interested in learning, that will be a constant barrier to exceeding in your role. 'Obsess. over growth' is a true company value we uphold.

Pros

Great people Great clients Great learning opportunities

Cons

Lack of work life balance unrealistic expectations of employees Less than stellar senior leadership

Pros

-The people, especially on the “ground floor” so to speak, who actually do all the work were generally great. Lots of genuine friendships were built and everyone collaborated to solve problems. You learned a lot from each other and it felt like one big team, from sales and service through to product and engineering. -Fairly flexible with work from home/PTO. -It was good for younger people early in their career. There were lots of opportunities for advancement and ownership, especially in the first 3-5 years if you were willing to put yourself out there. Made for a rapid learning curve for newer people. Could get on new projects or even move into completely different teams with new role.

Cons

- It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reasons but the company has struggled over the last few years. They have been bleeding clients and top talent. This leads to a negative cycle of constantly being forced to pinch pennies (lack of promotions/raises/bonuses), being short staffed (high attrition, slow to approve backfills and hire), and reacting to client issues instead of driving towards a strong product vision (late nights and weekends plugging holes, most clients are already frustrated with their experience with the product and every issue is framed as urgent in fear of losing another client). That pressure is felt from management on down across all teams. -The companies strength used to be its culture and people, but most left over the last few years (though there still are some great people here, like at any company). Instead of a strong vibrant culture, with lots of good people encouraging each other, most people are looking to move on to greener pastures. -The company’s strategy to combat increasingly high employee attrition has been to turn to legal action against employees trying to leave, perhaps out of necessity, instead of looking to fix the issues causing attrition. This is an incredibly negative experience and further fuels the cycle leading the company down its current path. There isn’t much of a precedent for this in our industry and especially not for employees below executive level. It’s a shame a relatively junior employee may be subjected to this. -Awkward market position/financing. They aren’t large enough to do what they want, but act like a company that is, as if they do 10x their current business. Most other independent adtech companies at this size have been forced to merge or be acquired in order to avoid going out of business or to appease investors. I would have to imagine that is on the horizon for MediaMath, too much outside capital has been invested in a struggling business which isn’t producing results.