Videology Reviews

After a layoff round earlier this year that saw the company headcount drop by 10% (the CEO and co claimed it to be a restructure to be more product/engineering focused but it was clearly to reduce costs to show profit for future IPO/sale purposes), the Glassdoor rating is now higher than ever- how ? It seems there were 5 (!!!) * 5 star rating reviews on October 3rd with very generic terms in it whereas you usually see a review every 10-30 days. The leadership seems to have "missed the bus". Should have sold/IPO'ed while they still could- the DSP market is getting cannibalized/commoditized and the barrier to entry is non-existent Inter-department politics is very high. People are eager to pass the responsibility The CEO mostly has the same old crew from his old company. Old boys' club.

1) LAYOFF'S- Videology recently laid off 40% of their employee without giving them any prior notice. The employees came to the office in the morning and were surprised to find their access card not working. They were escorted from the door and were handed their termination letters. They were not allowed to enter the office premise or even collect their personal belongings. After years of service, this kind of an exit was shocking! Don't know what the secret sauce is but their worse employees somehow are retained. 2) SENIOR MANAGEMENT- Videology strictly hires friends and relatives at the top management positions. Pick up anyone from the senior management, he/she will either be the CEO's classmate or relative. Outsiders are not allowed! They company is top heavy. 3) EMPLOYEE GROWTH- You can grow only if you are from Ad.com. NonAd.com's have no future in this company and are not given opportunities to grow. Their pay hike is pathetic and promotions? Just forget about it! In case of reassigning of tasks only a handful of their employees are assigned better job profiles and responsibilities. Which is why within one team you might comes across two employees with same job title but one who is better skilled (but is unfortunately a non-ad.cm/non us citizen/friend/relative) is bestowed with petty tasks and the one who is superficially charming is given more and better responsibilities. Even during appraisals they have already made up their mind on who has to be given what task. They don't even bother to ask you whether you to take up any additional assignments. Videology discriminates a lot. 4) POLITICS- Skills are not recognized. Only if you are an expert in pleasing your colleagues and buttering your bosses, you will be recognized. Favoritisms are very common here. 5) HIRING NON-US CITIZENS- Videology does not take any responsibility if you confront with any issues pertaining to your H1B visa or Green Card. Year after year you will keep waiting with this hope but Videology will never do anything about actually giving you a Green Card. They will console you that they will sponsor your Green Card but they keep you till they want you. 6) DIRECTION- Videology does not have any strategy! Their business plans are abrupt, everything is very secretive with zero transparency. They are not focused and keep changing their minds frequently. They seem very confused in regards to what line of business do they really want to be in or get into.