Audible reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(645 total reviews)
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Bob Carrigan

53% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Audible has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 645 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Audible employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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645 reviews
1.0
Sep 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing product and does great work in the community

Cons

Constant re-orgs mean if you dont play politics you will never get promoted, especially in Finance/Insights. Hard work doesnt pay, managers play favorites, and promises are never kept. Horrible place to come for a career. Not a start up feel as some may try to convince you it is.

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Audible Response
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We’re disappointed to hear about your experience at Audible. We’ve created tools and resources to help employees map out a fulfilling and successful career at Audible with our ‘Your Career Journey’ program. This program empowers and encourages employees to explore internal mobility and career growth opportunities. We’re committed to improving the experience of working here and we invite you to reach out to your HRBP or manager for further conversation. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Audible.
1.0
May 17, 2019

Promotion Process

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Product manager = Meeting facilitator. You will learn meeting skills.

Cons

Centralized way of prioritization. Every decision requires 3 months and very revenue driven.

1.0
May 20, 2017

How low can it go?

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon stock, working with Amazon partners, and other things that Audible hasn't managed to change when it comes to being an Amazon company.

Cons

Don't know where to begin but the rating trends show you everything you need to know. The planted reviews from HR can't hide the fact that Audible is a sinking ship and you should try and avoid this place at all costs. Only thing keeping people there is Amazon stock that makes the golden chains fasten tighter. - If you're hired into a position, you'll stay there, which is great if you're a professional manager (50% of Audible) who wants to coast and ride Amazon's coattails to retirement. It's terrible if you're looking to grow your career - Culture of fear incentivizes people to play it safe and make others fail. This behavior is modeled by management and leadership that all seek Don's favor. No one thinks about the customer or innovation. Never worked at a place where there's so much backstabbing and lack of trust among leaders which trickles down. - Things that would take months at another company takes years at Audible. The technology stack is so old and you'll work on something that will get killed because leadership has no idea what it wants to be. No one on the executive team has ever done this before successfully and it shows often.

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