Mediocre in every category except dysfunction - Director Scribd Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Noble company mission and values. Great aspirations. CEO is genuinely a nice person. Great library.

Cons

CEO is awful at hiring and managing his exec team. Current (Q2 2022) COO & CTO are in way over their head and are both terrible as leaders and exhibit classic narcissistic and egotistical behavior, including bullying and dismissive language to anyone who isn’t the CEO. They’re also not nearly as smart as they think they are, and not even half as capable as the previous COO and CEngO. (Who also had their flaws, but were thirty times better leaders than the new crop) I still have some faith in the CFO and CEO, so if you work in finance or marketing, give it a shot. But it is a brief stop, not a place to grow a career. Also diversity numbers are good. But real diversity at exec level doesnt exist.

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5.0
Nov 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

good culture, great work and highly recommended, remote first

Cons

no annual stock grants or refereshers. It is once in two year thing.

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5.0
Aug 18, 2025
Recommend
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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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