Great people, terrible management structure - Anonymous employee Sportradar Employee Review

3.0
Oct 15, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you stick it out at Sportradar, you could eventually have the opportunity to travel internationally and meet with some great people from all over the world. This was by far the biggest "perk" you could obtain in my personal opinion. Surrounded by a lot of sports enthusiasts so you will most likely get along with at least some people on your team which can lead to some good work. Quite a few opportunities both in the US and internationally for upward mobility if you are even remotely competent as an employee. You can learn a lot about the industry working here if you try.

Cons

Terrible and I can not understate this enough, terrible, pay for the workload you are expected to take on as full-time employees almost across the board in production/support/development. The first job offer I got after leaving SR in a similar field was double my previous salary for a fraction of the stress and half the work. Depending on your team, the management structure can be nonsensical and frustrating. Working in the US you should expect to report to multiple "bosses" who have high rank in the company both in the US and overseas. There is a ton of conflict between upper management that trickles down and affects day to day employees. I saw multiple department heads get fired or quit the company in my 5 years. The way business is conducted in the US often times does not align with the management style from overseas. You will be treated as very replaceable and turnover in a lot of departments (even full-time ones) is high. As someone stated earlier in previous review, it is absolutely true that competency is rewarded with more work for little to no benefit to the employee. This was one of the main reasons I and others departed the company. The biggest con in my opinion is the disparity in pay across the offices. I understand that economies vary greatly, but someone working in Montevideo with the same job title and responsibilities as someone in the US or EU should not be getting paid virtually half the salary in USD. I mean this literally. Ontop of that, management will literally use the fact that employees in other offices being paid less than you (even if you do far more work and are generally more competent) to avoid raising your pay. They really don't understand how to create a pay structure that is fair. Fresh hires were often paid more than tenured employees even if the cost of living was comparable in both markets.

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Pros

Very flexible with scheduling. Nice bonus job that you can do after work. Not too difficult and if you’re already watching the game you might as well be getting paid for it. Supervisors and management are great and schedule very well.

Cons

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Pros

There are some very smart, very strong team members. However, those individuals are leaving in droves.

Cons

The executive leadership team, especially Carsten have lost their way. Increasing demands on staff, while cutting team staffing across all functions, forcing 5 days in office without thinking through a plan and how it will effect families, and lack of raises the last few years has created a very stressed and overworked culture. This company has fully shifted into an "appease the shareholders" phase of cost cutting, do more with less phase which is having a large effect on the quality of talent. There is a constant shift of senior leadership with changing priorities when the actual fix to most problems are to just add low level staff to do work. This place is overrun with Sr leaders demanding KPI/KRI updates, sitting in meetings, and not much time spent doing actual work.

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