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
Jan 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be an amazing product.

Cons

I've watched a steady decline of Audible since Don Katz left. Senior management are C-players at best. Our marketing lead is the CFO, our product lead is an analytics leader and the CTO can't ship anything. Spotify is about to eat our lunch, with no resistance. I give the place 24 months until another area of Amazon consumes it.

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Audible Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to post a review. We’re committed to improving the experience of working here and believe communication is necessary for real, lasting change. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Audible.
2.0
Mar 19, 2023

Poor Leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with. Great product. CPO is a good leader and trying to effect change in a positive way, but doesn’t have the right people surrounding him.

Cons

Very poor and inexperienced leadership. Attrition is very very high across all areas of the business. The best people leave which is discouraging and makes building professional relationships near pointless to get the job done. Decisions are made on a whim by some product leaders based on what others are saying internally rather than designing the right solution to solve the customer problem. Hard work and success are not rewarded. Politics rule the game. What has the potential to be a great place to work is in reality dysfunctional. If you get a poor PM leader, expect to work seriously ridiculous hours with no reward for years. If you get a good one, then you have a chance.

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Audible Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your view. We believe that open conversation is critical to creating real, positive change. We also want our employees to be surrounded by colleagues that are compassionate and leaders that are inspirational. I invite you to reach out to your HRBP or manager, or to Andy to share your concerns. We’ll continue to listen and live up to our values.
1.0
Feb 8, 2023

Work your life away, no one will care!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Quick, independent learning? Fast paced not bored

Cons

Seemed like a startup without the leadership wisdom, direction, and team respect that was needed. With that, naively, could have bypassed how much the work will ring you DRY. As smart as you are, as hard working, expect no sense of communion or joy in your job. As well as a continuous, ambiguous blackbox what you’re working toward. Have experienced enough companies, can say this place was the WORST and still haunts me to this day. The people were plain rude. Many have chips on their shoulder because “omg they worked at Amazon” while not holding many other workplaces or seasoned experience outside the bubble. Should lose the ego and listen to some Coaching/Leading podcasts. Longevity is not its strong suite - and maybe something to be learnt - it’s critical to feel a sense of true TEAMMATE-ism, scalable vision, AND SUPPORT for both an individual contributor and manager to dedicate work and/or their time to. Go back to the 101s to understand these concepts.

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Audible Response
3y
We’re sorry to hear about your experience at Audible. We believe that communication is critical to creating real, positive change. We also want our employees to be surrounded by colleagues that are compassionate and inspirational. We will continue to live up to our values, and listen.
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