Is The Trade Desk a good company to work for?

The Trade Desk has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 703 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at The Trade Desk to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Trade Desk have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Trading Analyst and Senior Account Manager .

Does The Trade Desk pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Trade Desk employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Trade Desk. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Trade Desk?

72% of The Trade Desk employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Trade Desk 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Trade Desk?

Account Manager (35) , Software Engineer (32) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Director (19) , Senior Account Manager (15) , Trading Analyst (15) , Trading Specialist (13) , Senior Trading Specialist (10) , Software Engineer(Internship) (10) , Trader (10) , Account Coordinator (8) , Account Executive (8) , Manager (8) , Staff Software Engineer (8) , Product Manager (7)

What are the pros of working at The Trade Desk according to real employee reviews?

"great culture and works always interesting" ((in 103 reviews)); "Great people with years and (sometimes) decades of experience; a lot of people work 5+ years at the company" ((in 101 reviews)); "great benefits and my boss cared about me" ((in 66 reviews)); "Good for work life balance" ((in 22 reviews)); "• Good salary." ((in 20 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Trade Desk according to real employee reviews?

"No clear growth charter with not close with senior leadership" ((in 20 reviews)); "2 senior managers and 2 managers have been terminated in the last 3 years" ((in 18 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 6 reviews)); "No career progression, managers unfit to be managers" ((in 4 reviews)); "A lot of work, long hours" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Trade Desk layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Trade Desk layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Trade Desk in 2026.

What are the top reviewed The Trade Desk locations?

New York , Ventura , Los Angeles , Boulder , Chicago , Denver , San Francisco , Irvine , Bellevue , Seattle , San Jose , Washington , Austin , Dallas , Culver City , Orange , San Diego , Auburn , Aliso , Midtown New York

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The Trade Desk

The Trade Desk reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Jeff Green

69% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

The Trade Desk has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Trade Desk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

635 reviews

2.0

May 30, 2019

Good company outside of the Marketing department

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Jeff Green has a great vision for his company, and is a strong leader.

Cons

The Marketing team has poor leadership, untrained managers, and a ton of politics. The Marketing leadership team does not embody what the CEO wants for his company, and is the only department with such low morale and high turnover. Concerns are voiced but no proper action has been taken.

3.0

Jun 26, 2018

It's a split road

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This is truly a company that wants to do well, and has done a great job so far of surpassing the competition in becoming a stand out in the ad-tech space... just look at the stock gains. You'll learn a lot real fast so as long as you're able to stand on your own two feet and live and breathe the culture. It's a great resume addition.

Cons

TTD is a culture first company; if you don't drink the kool-aid you won't last long and you will not enjoy yourself. If you aren't "one of the guys" then you won't grow a career here. Don't believe everything management and the executive leadership tell you. Just read previous reviews (not the blatantly obvious positive ones "People Ops" has employees write) and you'll see the true colors of the company. Gossip is real and team cliques are all over the place. The pay is poor for what you can make elsewhere.

1.0

Sep 18, 2023

Negative and back stabbing

Human resources person

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, good pay and connections

Cons

Each division is a silo. Do not ask about the Human Resources group that was completely fired. The new employees will say it is perfect, but to fire 65% of the hr staff? Why, because the new too much and wanted the company to comply with the law? The remaining HR leadership should question how the firing of all the protected class happened. The group that was let go was qualified experienced and met the job qualifications. However, because they question and pushed on how TTD was running things, they were fired. Interesting.

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