Strong Kool-Aid, Minimal Nutrients - Anonymous employee NewsCred Employee Review

2.0
Jan 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Amazing sales team that brings in top brands -Good brand-side marketing team, although they've been known to inflate stats -A CEO who is an idealist and cares about his people and company -For the most part, you'll work with fun, hard-working and smart people -Competitive salaries and benefits (they have to be to keep people there)

Cons

-The politics here make Trump look like an angel -Senior management lacks a sense of leadership and outside experience in their fields -The company, in general, lacks focus and is always changing direction -Customer success team is comprised of work mules on the editorial side who keep the services afloat with relatively no support from CDMs -Majority of account managers are young and inexperienced, leading to high client churn -The actual product leaves much to ask for when compared with competitors' -No apparent process, standard of work, or constructive feedback for professional growth from management

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Pros

Talented people and really great culture

Cons

Lots of changes that it’s hard to keep up if you’re not use to it

5.0
Oct 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The company culture at NewsCred is incredible. While working here, everyone I interacted with (both on my team, software engineering, and in other roles) was passionate, dedicated, and truly loved the company and believed in it! Lots of talent and if you are a younger software engineer like me, you will learn a lot from patient coworkers who are eager to provide help and constructive criticism so that you can grow as a software engineer. The company leadership is also superb...the CEO is incredibly smart, dynamic, and a down-to-earth nice guy! When I decided to leave for health reasons and for a fresh start, I got nothing but support and kindness. Seriously, if you are considering applying or accepting a job here, stop considering and just do it. You won't regret it, and it might be the best decision of your career. Such fond feelings for this place! As for benefits: good salary (on par with top tech companies), stock options, health/dental/life insurance, performance based bonuses, insurance, unlimited vacation (unlike some places, the unlimited vacation doesn't deter people from taking occasional time off...I know some companies say "unlimited" and mean "none", but NewsCred isn't like this, they just expect you to be professional and understand what is appropriate), office snacks, lunch on Fridays (from great NYC area restaurants), fun NewsCred events and outings, weekly happy hours, casual dress...I could probably keep going and going! Great benefits! :-)

Cons

The only con I could possibly think of is that the 401k plan could be better. However, the company may soon be offering 401k matching, so that's a plus.

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