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Started Awesome... went downhill after acquisition. - Senior Software Engineer SpotX Employee Review

2.0
9 Apr 2018
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Pros

- Beer and wine on tap - Unlimited PTO - Pays well

Cons

- Your whole job is annoying people with ads - Benefits kind of suck besides PTO - A bunch of older devs / management who want to hang on to their fancy titles and pay but do no work. - Huge divide between "engineering" and "business" - Everybody wants more and more hacks for clients and wants to spend no time on tech debt. Then complain when things break. -Startup culture that used to be fun is dead after we were bought by a huge german media conglomerate. - The organization as a whole is the opposite of flat, tons of people between you and the CEO who effectively do nothing. - Entire teams of people to yell at you when things aren't done by yesterday

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5.0
10 June 2021
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Pros

Great leadership, learning new technologies and tons of opportunity for growth

Cons

Can't serve smaller clients, no dashboard access

2.0
16 Feb 2018
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Pros

The people who you work with are very passionate and good at what they do. For the most part, there is a very collaborative nature and people tend to work well with each other and are open to new ideas.

Cons

Leadership, specifically senior and executive leadership, isn't less than desirable. SpotX leadership has yet to figure out how to scale to the current company size. with no management training, little emphasis on coaching and mentorship and a large emphasis on working in constant chaos . It is often that people feel disrespected and put down by their leaders, especially those in more senior roles. This has a profound effect on morale and shows that not only will that type of behavior will be tolerated with no consequences but that it is ok. SpotX could be a phenomenal company at scale, but unfortunately, it is clear they do not have any plans to change the culture.

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