Nice people and interesting work, but career paths need work - IT Manager Crimtan Employee Review

4.0
2 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very nice people, interesting and dynamic industry, proprietary technology, global footprint, constantly coming up with new custom solutions. Good work/life balance

Cons

Communication around career path for employees requires improvement.

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3.0
15 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Kind coworkers - Flexible hybrid schedule - Interesting clients

Cons

- Poor senior mgmt decision making - Unfair treatment/compensation of offshore teams - Lack of job security

2
1.0
25 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company has a great record of hiring excellent, talented staff. Most people were genuinely nice to be around - a rarity in advertising.

Cons

Where to start? A fundamentally sketchy, dishonest company that has no interest in staff retention. Most troubling is the refusal to pay ANYONE on time, from staff to suppliers to media partners. Crimtan often receives large sums of client money meant for media buying, and then does not pay that publication for over a year. The quote "where does all the money go?" could not be more apt for Crimtan. The company has frequently misrepresented its finances, to everyone from tax authorities to clients and publishers - and it is only a matter of time before a serious audit brings it down. This may already be underway, even. Aside from all this, career progression is poor. Middle management employs a rules-for-me, but-not-for-thee mentality, regularly flouting the working abroad rules whilst imposing this on junior staff. The promised world-class training is poor, and roles are highly siloed into either trading across Programmatic media or Client Services, arguably dangerous given the poor future outlook for Programmatic advertising. No opportunities to expand into other forms of paid media as the company solely understands black-box opaque programmatic margins.

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