The Facade that is Tubemogul - Lead TubeMogul Employee Review

Before I jump into Cons, a little background from inside the Company and how it relates to the other comments within this thread: 1. Every comment you read that is 3 stars or below is very accurate 2. The comments you read that are positive are due to the following: a. Tubemogul encourages new hires to post on Glassdoor during orientation b. HR frequently visits Glassdoor and posts catchy slogans such as “Go Big of Go Home”, “Work Hard, Play Harder” or “Great Potential…”. The Cons: 1. Work life balance a. To succeed here, you need to eat/sleep/breathe Tubumogul b. Prepare to lose your significant other and have a relationship with someone at work since you will be seeing them for 14 hours a day only to have them leave 6 months later (average length of employment at Tubemogul) c. Deadlines aren’t reasonable i. I once had 6 hours’ worth of meetings with management only for them to ask me about a project I was working on and expectations that I stay as late as it took for me to finish it three days ahead of schedule d. You are expected to work weekends 2. Management a. Tubemogul has a broken system as it deals with management i. Most managers have been there for many years. In doing so, many do a rather brilliant job delegating work so they can work a 9-5 while their subordinates slave over the insane amount of work ii. When management spots do open, Tubemogul normally does not promote Leads to Management. They hire outside individuals iii. Managers who attempt to “fight they system” to make changes to the philosophy are put on PIPs and let go shortly after 3. Career Growth a. Simply put, there is none (aside from engineers who run the Company). It’s very much a “next man up” attitude as it deals with jobs. i. Account managers are over loaded and are often bashed by their managers which prevents them from moving up the ladder ii. No one knows what HR does but I have yet to see someone from within get promoted iii. Accounting and Finance are the individuals I truly feel bad for. Unless you’re the Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller or Controller, you’re not gaining skills that can transferable at a senior level. The majority of them spend their days in Netsuite trying to format the data or on an excel schedule trying to make it balance with the General Ledger. The others who have senior/lead titles would be demoted to a staff level if they went to another Company.