Skift Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

74% positive business outlook

Skift has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Skift employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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20 reviews
1.0
9 July 2019

Not worth it

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good healthcare. Could be a model for a location-independent workplace if there was less micromanagement

Cons

Toxic upper management with massive egos and power trips. Claims "innovation" in the industry but it's all talk. No real strategy in place across departments, limited growth professionally and anxiety-inducing colleague/management relationships. No mentorship. No real way to express issues with the company. Company culture is "cult-y" and if you don't participate or work late for show, you will be penalized whether you notice it or not. Tons of meetings and uses only Slack for communication. Always online expectation even when things are not urgent (were not saving lives here). Meetings that should be addressed in person/face-to-face are done via Slack, which is not only ineffective but often passive agressive. The company drives out employees who don't "fit" in and has a pattern of abnormal firing behavior.

1.0
20 June 2018

Overall Toxic Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Talented employees. Good connections to travel industry.

Cons

Small company run like a corporation with disrespectful culty leadership. Subjugated workforce. Awkward and stress inducing office environment.

2.0
4 Mar 2020

Manipulative dictatorship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

hard working and genuine people in the mid-level and lower-level roles, fun industry and creative work

Cons

unrealistic sales and revenue goals set by management with no data to back it up, when goals weren't met the team suffers verbal and emotional abuse, no high-level strategy, all decisions made based on the "expertise" of CEO and CPO, CEO touts that it's a good thing the company doesn't take investor money, but when there's no budget for standard business operations, marketing, employee benefits, or salaries... well you see what I mean. CFO acts as HR and intimidates younger employees out of raises and benefits, looks down upon medical and personal leave, very limited vacation days available

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