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Visible Measures

Acquired by illumin

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Used to be a 2 star before it went to a 0 star - Anonymous employee Visible Measures Employee Review

1.0
5 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The employees all complain about the same things

Cons

I joined the company almost 4 years ago when it tried to value its employees. And then we did not get sold, there were massive layoffs and the company changed management, more layoffs and then changed management and has never been able to come back. It is really a company that prides itself on its analytics but at this point all its competitors have surpassed them and they have no competitive advantage. Instead the company is always trying to chase the money and makes promises to brands that they cannot deliver on. I stuck around to really see what would happen and it just got sadder and sadder as the engineers are overworked and understaffed and they don't bring in fresh young talent. Management will give you false hope of the future of the company, but we all knew the truth :(

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5.0
18 Jul 2018
Anonymous freelancer
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The director of operations Seraj Bharwani is a seasoned leader who has helped shape the digital advertising landscape in the last decade. He is a bright leader who is now the Chief Strategy Officer at Accuity Ads which is the company that acquired Visible Measures in 2017.

Cons

Starting at VM entry level, during a time when the company was looking to be acquired by another.

1.0
26 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun company outings. Flexible work schedule. Good compensation.

Cons

This is Glass Door and let's be candid here. Visible Measures was originally an analytics company which helped brands understand how their long form branded video content was being consumed on the web. When they pivoted to a media company and tried to bring analytics and paid distribution of video together it got wonky very quickly. A novel idea but it caused great confusion in the marketplace and execution of the model was terrible. Fundamentally the Visible Measures distribution model was nothing more than a glorified video Ad Network. They were buying video media on other SSP's and using other platforms to execute across so called custom site lists and deep publisher relationships where they were quote "In the Video Player" Ummm....I can go much deeper here on what was going on behind the scenes after deals were struck but the shiny object they were selling was not what was actually being delivered upon. Some agencies and brands must have finally caught on and must be one of many reasons the company has had such massive erosion and turnover. This is all the fault of executive leadership. Executive leaderships was bad news, absolutely cocky and thought they could put down competitors who are now eating their lunch.

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