Criteo reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)
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Michael Komasinski

39% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Criteo has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,432 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Criteo 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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2.0
Dec 3, 2018

Keep quiet and get your salary

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good salary and benefits Easy to get promoted if you know how to play politics or speak French If you don't have to be treated fairly and just get your paycheck, it might be the company for you.

Cons

-management is lacking professionalism in basic skills (although I do not blame them, as they never needed them) - code of conduct does not exist in some teams - team leads are given responsibilities but cannot make any decisions and yet still behave as managers and remind you about hierchy - no career path and no clear goals in most of the teams - senior employees are leaving or are unmotivated to help other team members and care only about their jobs and targets - lack of confidentiality in HR team, they are just gathering information for the managers (none of the meetings are confidential, if you are working in Criteo now, please remember this) - lack of cooperation between teams - employees are treated like children instead of professional advice and support - feedback is not welcomed, specially if given to French employees and ignored in many cases - employees who are the manager's friends are receiving special treatments everyday and nobody is reacting, because it is a closed circle of self-supporting and covering tracks (very visible recently - did you think we don't notice?) - junior profiles are hired because it is cheaper and easier to control, people come to have fun in Barcelona and do not complain, after a while they leave - specific people only are "asked" by the managers to add a positive review of the company (October) Criteo is creating an illusion and a bigger lie every month. All employees are playing along and clapping as we all want to keep our jobs. Things are getting worse with each quarter, targets are unrealistic and there is no support from management. People skills are missed, because what is important is "projects". People are fired as if they did not mean anything. Meanwhile some managers can spend budgets on their friends and their needs or take sick days whenever they want without documentation.

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Criteo Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We appreciate you sharing your personal experience at Criteo. We know, like any company, that there are areas we need to focus on to continue to improve employee experience. The People and Leadership teams continuously work on different initiatives to ensure that opportunities for internal roles are fair and open to all, and that we have diverse perspectives at all levels within Criteo. We remain focused on building career paths that are compelling for our team members in Barcelona and instilling a culture where team members can be open and express their perspective. If you’d like to discuss your feedback confidentially and in more detail, I will absolutely make time to listen. You can send me an email directly to s.chindalur@criteo.com. Thank you. Regards, Shruthi Chindalur – Regional Managing Director, EMEA MM
1.0
Aug 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Easy to commute - Medical Insurance - Lunch Card - Decent salary

Cons

Criteo has been going from bad to worse from early this year. Whoever is practising compassionate leadership has hired people in the top leadership roles in the name of restructuring and disruption which are far away from knowing what compassion is, which makes one wonder if the compassionate leadership that is being harped is a facade? 1-2-1 meetings with so called top leaders are a torture chamber experience where the real colour of the leader comes out. There is emotional abuse, intimidation, threatening, and ultimatums about your ability to contribute to their bonus. It is hard to see these so called leaders care about people than their own pockets. Many people who have been at Criteo for many years have been pushed out in less than compassionate ways. People are being fired without ethics. People experience (Human Resource) is a joke. In the markets where economic crisis is looming, customers are pausing campaigns after three months as Criteo is not able to deliver promised results.

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Criteo Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to give your open feedback. We are moving through a transition as a Company and during this time, we continue to assess and invest to ensure we have the right leaders for the future. Our people are the core of the business, and we work to provide a positive working culture for all, evolving this continually over time. We conduct regular employee surveys to assess manager performance and identify where we need to invest so that our managers provide a leadership experience for employees which is in line with our Company values. We work to assess performance of our employees in a fair and consistent way and where transitions occur, we aim to do so with fairness and integrity. If you’d like to discuss any specific feedback in a confidential way, please feel free to reach out to me directly. Regards, Shruthi Chindalur, Executive Managing Director EMEA
1.0
Jan 29, 2019

Humanity vs Machine

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Pros

In Barcelona they pay a bit more than the average salary is

Cons

The value for the individual person is going to be lost, it´s all about working as hard as possible without any rewards given - the appreciation regarding the employees is dropping constantly. Communication is not transparent and between the teams we have huge gaps in terms of granting Work from Home or Work from Another Office rules, the allowed days are also dropping constantly without official communication. We also keep bad Team Leads and Managers which are unable to show the needed skills - like communication and empathy. And instead of giving back, Criteo takes even more amenities from us as employees. We get less and less money for Team Events, Client Travels - even our Targets are constantly increasing, what makes it even harder to archieve them and therefore to get our bonus payouts.

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Criteo Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We appreciate you sharing your personal experience at Criteo. The People and Leadership teams continuously work on different initiatives to develop our managers and to ensure a fair workplace. In a commercial organization, it is true that targets are important, but we strive to focus first and foremost on our people. We continue to look at ways we can improve manager experience for our team members to build a culture where team members can be open and express their perspective. We have seen measurable improvements to both employee engagement and leader to employee engagement in the last 9 months. I’d welcome the opportunity to discuss the issues you are experiencing in more detail in confidence. Please feel free send me an email directly to s.chindalur@criteo.com Thank you. Regards, Shruthi Chindalur – Regional Managing Director, EMEA MM
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