A Horrific Experience - Anonymous employee MediaShift Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There aren't a whole lot of positives. I did like the people I worked with and the office had snacks, so I suppose that's something.

Cons

MediaShift is a company that lives in the AdTech world but is run by people who lack AdTech experience (check the leadership page on the company's website). The unfortunate result of that is a mismanaged company pushing a product that the advertising community isn't particularly interested in. They can pump as much money into the company as they like, but unfortunately they'll never be able to get past that fundamental flaw of their business. From an employee standpoint, management doesn't treat employees with respect and doesn't value their opinions. Management chooses to avoid transparency with their employees, and when you're talking about a struggling company with massive turnover, that's the furthest thing from reassuring for employees who have serious concerns about whether the company can even make payroll. One would think that turnover might lead to advancement opportunities for employees, but from looking at the corporate website it appears that the only title changes that have taken place have involved upper management promoting themselves to new positions.

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5.0
9 Aug 2016
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Pros

Lots of room to grow within the company. Often promoted movement to other departments if interested

Cons

I worked for a company that was acquired by MediaShift (TAN). It was hard to be apart of a company that was on the decline, but I can't image MediaShift would be like that now.

1.0
16 July 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are a few good people still working at Travora and you get to drink at work when the team from California isn't in the office.

Cons

When acquired by MediaShift, after all of the layoffs and speculation that the company was going out of business, the employees that stuck around thought things might get better. It hasn't. As a result, a lot of good talent continues to leave. The new management team that was brought in seems more interested playing politics and micromanaging instead of making solid business decisions. They continue to lose more key publishers due to bills that are months overdue, low rates, and poor sell through. We were asked to shift direction day to day and there seemed to be a lack of follow through and focus. Management spends a lot of time traveling, attending trade shows and socializing at the expense of much needed but less fun work. I had my concerns about the ethical values of the company. They do not seem to care about following laws or standard HR procedures. It doesn't make for a great work environment. If you speak up, you will be terminated or pushed out. At the end of the day, I found my heart just wasn't in it anymore and knew there were better jobs out there.

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