Does The Motley Fool pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Motley Fool employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Motley Fool. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Motley Fool?

14% of The Motley Fool employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Motley Fool 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.1 for culture and values and 2.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Motley Fool?

Freelance Writer (16) , Contractor (13) , Analyst (12) , Intern (12) , Contract Writer (8) , Software Engineer (8) , Investment Analyst (7) , Content Writer (6) , Software Developer (6) , Contributor (5) , Editor (5) , Individual Contributor (5) , Investment Writer (5) , Writer (5) , Developer (4)

What are the pros of working at The Motley Fool according to real employee reviews?

"Great people amongst the rank and file employees" ((in 61 reviews)); "And the benefits were great." ((in 50 reviews)); "The people and the culture are great." ((in 31 reviews)); "3. Good pay" ((in 20 reviews)); "Good work life balance and stmosphere" ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Motley Fool according to real employee reviews?

"Chaotic career paths is the norm" ((in 11 reviews)); "Senior leadership is more concerned with being the smartest person in the room than actually achieving anything" ((in 10 reviews)); "Most leaders spend most of their emotional energy "protecting", "blocking", or "shielding" their direct reports from the vacillating whims of a passionate and disconnected CEO and leadership team." ((in 8 reviews)); "Benefits are top notch, but base salary is average to below average" ((in 7 reviews)); "No career progression." ((in 6 reviews))

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2.3

14% would recommend to a friend

(303 total reviews)

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24% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Diversity & inclusion

2.1

Culture & values

2.1

Career opportunities

1.8

Senior management

The Motley Fool has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 303 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The Motley Fool employee rating is 38% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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303 reviews

5.0

Jan 28, 2010

Awesome workplace

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. Everyone's enthusiastic and interested. The company does its work on the front-end: hiring passionate people, so that it doesn't need to micromanage once they're hired. Lots of freedom.

Cons

Current marketing push may be a bit strong. Needs to be able to show an ability to return to the values that created the Motley Fool.

3.0

Jul 15, 2009

A lot of Foolish fun, but little business focus

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Every day at 3:00 Fools take recess, which is a hour long break to go outside. We have pizza day and cake day every month.

Cons

With all the focus on how much fun everyone is having, there's not enough emphasis put on the actual business.

4.0

Jan 5, 2009

Great place to work, but tough on family life

Contributor

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, supportive management, and most of all, contribute to a service that gives so much to individual investors. This is where I learned how to invest, and now I'm teaching others.

Cons

I'm a contractor, like most of the writers. That means no benefits (and the Fool benefits are awesome if you qualify) and I've got incentives to kill myself for a higher volume of output. Work/life balance becomes a problem.

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