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      2.6

      40% would recommend to a friend

      (38 total reviews)

      Matt Marshall

      42% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      2.6

      Culture and values

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Diversity and inclusion

      2.5

      Senior management

      VentureBeat has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The VentureBeat employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      38 reviews
      1.0
      16 Jan 2016

      A Devastating Fireball Arcing Across the Tech News World

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Few pros exist. Perhaps the best I can say about the company is that it had attracted a smart, talented, and hungry team in most departments: reporting and editorial, marketing, and technology. Sadly, after 2 RIFs that destroyed the workforce's confidence in leadership, it's hard to believe that the remaining team will, well, remain with VentureBeat for long.

      Cons

      Wow! Where to begin? * The exec team has little understanding of the business and the underlying drivers of building a strong and mutually reinforcing network of readers, content, and advertisers. * The board appears to allow conflict of interests to exist, which confounds the company's progress, angers advertisers, and mystifies its audience of readers, subscribers, and event attendees. * No one seems to know what the finances actually are nor can confidently forecast revenue and expenses. In less than a month, the company moved from hiring an impressive slate of senior managers to executing two RIFs, eliminating ~35% of the workforce. * Further, the company is ill-equipped to operate a digital media offering in 2016. It has little understanding of its readers, their interests, or what will bring them back to VentureBeat. It's inexcusable for a media site — especially one that claims to be at the forefront of tech and growth companies — to know so little and to have thought so little about how to build and maintain a valuable and engaged audience. The company is now lost, reactionary, panicked, and unable to do right by longstanding employees. This is the worst work experience of my life, and it is unlikely that any future experience will come even close.

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      3y
      After this review, Matt Marshall returned to the helm of CEO to revive its journalism core after moving away from its 2015 push into syndicated research. We recognize this did result in loss of employees, but also attracted great talent that was more aligned with our vision and focus. In 2021, VentureBeat implemented a pivot that significantly altered the direction of VB's editorial focus, to serve a readership of enterprise technical decision makers With this shift in focus, VB has moved into an era of profitability and faster growth.
      1.0
      2 Apr 2023

      Run the other way and never look back

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I really like some of my coworkers.

      Cons

      Red flag central - high turnover, employees not considered human, no clear direction or plan forward, major burn out, silos, expertise not respected, decisions reneged, no boundaries/consequences for sales, zero processes, no sense of ownership, no understanding of events, micromanagement, pointless meetings, no single source of truth, no professional development opportunities, lack of training/on-boarding, bait and switch responsibilities, no replacements to backfill roles, etc.

      1.0
      8 Nov 2021

      The most TOXIC place I have ever worked

      Reporter
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I don't have a single pro to list

      Cons

      An absolute disgrace of a publication with no standard for journalistic ethics. Leadership is more interested in pleasing the executives of the companies the reporters are covering and has been known to intervene in stories on companies'/executives' behalf. Sexism and retaliation are rampant. And to say people are overworked is an understatement. Some editorial staffers work around the clock, barely sleeping. Individuals are publishing as many as a dozen stories a day each. It's a content mill and a terrible one at that. Everyone is quitting. Stay far far away. It's not worth the good pay.

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      VentureBeat Response
      3y
      VentureBeat implemented a pivot that significantly altered the direction of VB's editorial focus in 2021, to serve a readership of enterprise technical decision makers. The management team recognizes that shifts in editorial strategy can sometimes cause concern with staff, and we continue to be proactive and understanding in addressing internal and external feedback from staff and ex-employees. VentureBeat's shift in editorial focus was executed to focus on technical enterprise news, not to please the executives that we cover. We have rebuilt the team to focus on this new direction, and we will continue to listen to employees and consider their feedback.
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