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Visible Measures

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Sellers Beware!!! - Anonymous employee Visible Measures Employee Review

1.0
9 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some nice people. But this won't post with out a twenty word minimum so I will keep typing until it does.

Cons

Lionshare of sellers haven't made goals in over a year. CFO blames sales but handcuffs any type of entertainment expenses and makes it tough for sellers to break into the market. One particular month we were limited to $600 each. This is NYC not Idaho. Very limited marketing or in house support. Sellers spend too much time in the office vs being on the street. NY sales lead is a does not know how to strategize, mentor, manage a sales team or manage up to protect his people. A lot of yelling in meetings which may make him feel feel better, but it doesn't motivate anyone. Disgruntled sales people who are paid a VERY low base with promises of BIG commissions which are non existent. Multiple incidents of commissions and expenses NOT being paid at all. One last thing...any positive reviews of this company are FALSE. The CEO sent an email asking current employees to leave positive reviews.

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5.0
18 July 2018
Anonymous freelancer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The director of operations Seraj Bharwani is a seasoned leader who has helped shape the digital advertising landscape in the last decade. He is a bright leader who is now the Chief Strategy Officer at Accuity Ads which is the company that acquired Visible Measures in 2017.

Cons

Starting at VM entry level, during a time when the company was looking to be acquired by another.

1.0
26 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun company outings. Flexible work schedule. Good compensation.

Cons

This is Glass Door and let's be candid here. Visible Measures was originally an analytics company which helped brands understand how their long form branded video content was being consumed on the web. When they pivoted to a media company and tried to bring analytics and paid distribution of video together it got wonky very quickly. A novel idea but it caused great confusion in the marketplace and execution of the model was terrible. Fundamentally the Visible Measures distribution model was nothing more than a glorified video Ad Network. They were buying video media on other SSP's and using other platforms to execute across so called custom site lists and deep publisher relationships where they were quote "In the Video Player" Ummm....I can go much deeper here on what was going on behind the scenes after deals were struck but the shiny object they were selling was not what was actually being delivered upon. Some agencies and brands must have finally caught on and must be one of many reasons the company has had such massive erosion and turnover. This is all the fault of executive leadership. Executive leaderships was bad news, absolutely cocky and thought they could put down competitors who are now eating their lunch.

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