Great place to work, and getting better - Anonymous employee Scribd Inc. Employee Review

5.0
Apr 15, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I had a great time working at Scribd. The best part is the team. I worked in engineering so I know that part best, but everyone I worked with was smart and dedicated. There are the standard startup perks. Many people are truly passionate about reading and books. Sabeen (head of engineering) is a terrific manager who keeps everything working.

Cons

The Scribd business is not doing that great. Between competition from Amazon and the publishers being unwilling to mark-down prices enough to let us get to profitability, we are going to have to figure out how to grow while staying profitable.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

- Competitive Salary & Benefits for a tech company of its size. - A great people team that truly actually tries to make the company a more fun and supportive place to work. - Fun offsites / onsites for team building. - Solid work-life balance, generally flexible. - Bonus structure (if you qualify) is very generous. - Work feels meaningful, you get to work on a product that helps people learn and develop every day. - Lots of internal promotions (depending on your team) - The work really never gets boring, it is fast-paced but not chaotic, like some earlier stage startups can be. Scribd has been around for awhile and is well-structured internally. - Not reliant on funding any longer which takes off a lot of stress.

Cons

- The audiobook space is tough to crack, and a lot of effort has gone into projects that haven’t quite materialized. - User acquisition is very reliant on SEO, which results in volatility often out of anyone’s control. - There could be more transparency on when people leave or get let go, often times you don’t know someone is gone until you go to message them and they are de-activated. - The annual raises could use some flexibility, 2% doesn’t keep up with inflation these days. - Growth has been lagging, which can put a lot of stress on everyone.

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