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2.9

48% would recommend to a friend

(60 total reviews)
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Tim Vanderhook

57% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Specific Media has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Specific Media employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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60 reviews
1.0
Mar 21, 2016

Campaign Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fully filled kitchen with several snacks and drinks, nintendo 64, young people (20's) environment, the office was visually appealing, beer in the fridge for fridays. Co-workers are encouraging and always lend a helping hand to help you learn because youre all lost together.

Cons

I'm writing this after reading about the trafficker posted on 1/13/16 about their time with the company because I can completely agree with their review on all bases. Youre expected to work around the clock, 24/7 literally. Holidays, weekends, etc. The sales people are always over your shoulder (virtually) and depending on the region you'll have several of them to work for making the workload stressful. I have never had this much stress or less sleep even in college. I was in my early 20's working here and did notice the work was affecting me emotionally. My friends were noticing my bad behavior as well. My body was reacting to the level of stress from this job. I would come home just upset and mentally and physically drained. I understand that the workload is a lot but alleviate it on your poor employees who are actually doing the optimizing so they can efficiently manage these campaigns, that is why the turn over here is so high. Hire more people (that would stay, luckily) instead of piling on the work. And then come the end of the month when billing is due is the most stressed because you have to complete that on top of hoping your campaigns are in pace to deliver in full before the clock strikes midnight on the very last day of the month. Expect to stay there until midnight constantly optimizing.

1.0
Nov 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Office location in NYC is in midtown next to central park. Great view.

Cons

Everything. I was hired to replace someone who had just been laid off that same week. It wasn't long before I realized most people either quit because the place is such a disaster, or get laid off because they aren't a member of the very small inner circle "frat club" aka upper management circle. Employee morale is the worst of anywhere I've worked. Management team is NY is disliked and not respected. There are no employees who have been in the NYC office for longer than two years with the exception of the people on the management team. Constantly changing business model and direction, very reactive management style due to rapidly declining revenue. No 401k, health insurance is super expensive. No tuition reimbursement.

3.0
Jul 9, 2014

Maturing startup with some growing pains

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits - unlimited snacks, food, drinks, catered lunches, great events. Insurance premiums fully paid, rich health plan. Opportunities to learn about cutting edge products and innovations.

Cons

This company has experienced some growing pains and transitions. The digital media industry is cutting edge and competitive and management can be slow to respond. It is a large maturing company but in some ways retains start up chaos and disorganization.

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