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      Criteo

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      Criteo reviews

      3.9

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (1,429 total reviews)
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      Michael Komasinski

      39% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

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      Criteo has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,429 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Criteo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.6 stars).

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      2.0
      May 9, 2022

      Great benefits don’t outweigh toxic culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great benefits for US employees. General culture of respect for time off (due to it being a French Company). Really interesting and valuable experience working at a truly international company.

      Cons

      Frenetic energy of a start up + lack of transparency, tons of red-tape and endless politicking = exhausting environment where very little meaningful work gets done. I honestly lost count of the number of times I was asked to do something not-strategic and/or frankly non-sensical for “optics”. This environment where politicking and infighting reigns supreme there is so much wasted talent and even perhaps worse - I’ve seen multiple humble and eager employees slowly fade to resigned, jaded and gossipy. The lack of leadership and autonomy for execution really wore down a lot of people. Also workplace bullies have been consistently promoted so long as they are well connected. I don’t think that this is consistent across the entire organization but there are large pockets where this is true. My advice to anyone considering working for Criteo - be really thorough with interviewing potential managers and peers and if you have any red flags - honor them they are most likely valid and picking up on a toxic situation. That said, if you don’t have any red flags and your potential team seem well rested happy and productive then go for it you may have found a great pocket of the company (they def exist)! The other major issue with Criteo is it’s downright pitiful show of DEI. Pre 2020 there was absolutely none and even refusal by leadership to share diversity statistics. Post 2020 there are now some weak attempts that feel very much like playing lip service without any commitment to organizational change. It’s also a disturbingly homogenous workforce in the US offices. I personally sat through so many cringe “diversity” programs by well meaning but utterly clueless white people. DEI leadership hire is inexplicably a white woman?! The lack of self awareness by the Company at this point is honestly inexcusable.

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      Criteo Response
      4y
      Hello, First, we would like to thank you for taking the time to sit down and give a feedback. We are happy to see that you enjoyed the international environment in a context of having a good work life balance and respect of your time. We are sorry to hear that you felt that your work and different projects lacked of true purposes and impact. We are trying to make our strategy clear for everyone, and truly think that each and every Criteo make our boat go faster. Criteo has committed to strengthening it's DEI with the appointment of Head of DEI and a team to support this journey, specifically Region DEI Managers in Americas, EMEA and APAC respectively. Just 15 months in, we are committed to continuing to demonstrate our investment in this area, and appreciating that this is a journey that will continue to evolve with the support of our CEO and C-Suite. Our Americas DEI Leader started in January and has already commenced working with Colleges and Partnerships to increase our opportunities towards a more diverse workforce in the US. We conduct our voices survey twice yearly, and we have recently conducted our annual managers survey. The feedback on inclusion has increased, as well as manager effectiveness. At the same time we know we need to continue to improve and therefore we analyse the elements of this feedback (including verbatum comments) closely to address any concerns from a culture or leadership stanpoint.
      2.0
      Sep 30, 2021

      Slow to execute and adapt/No accountability

      Sales leadership
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Very supportive business over the pandemic and shared general care for employee well being

      Cons

      Where to begin? There is an overwhelming sense of arrogance with internal leaders that Criteo knows best and has been slow or even unwilling to adapt quick enough to the competitive/market dynamics. There is also a significant lack of accountability across teams that creates a frustrating internal and external experience when troubleshooting for clients is needed. Rewarding mediocrity is also the norm which causes further frustration . Very limited senior support for large and meaningful new business engagement (no top to top engagement to acquire large scale clients). After losing a number of deals there appears to be a slight wake up on this point though. Some leaders do not have a strong understanding of the needs of a global business and approach clients with antiquated and non scalable methods that are leaving clients unhappy. There has been high attrition over the past few months which will continue as there has been no desire to address the causes. Some junior people are moving into senior roles quickly on account of this and management has a tendency to nickel and dime on promotions from a salary perspective.

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      Criteo Response
      3y
      Thank you for taking the time to sit and share your open feedback.​ First, we are sorry to hear that you didn't feel supported in reaching your goals. 2021 was a special year to us as we announced our plan to become the world-leading Commerce Media Platform, making sure that we are tailoring our product offer to best address our clients' needs. ​ We always strive to create the environment where our employees can flourish. This bottom-up approach has led to major initiatives such as the voyager program, the flexible work approach, Managers Behaviors... thank you for your review that will contribute to making us will serve us to improve. ​ We wish you the best in your new experience.​
      2.0
      Jun 2, 2021

      Terrible USA culture and management by fear

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      You get good connections from all over the place as Barcelona office is a hub for several european countries. And the city is nice. Salary was OK but comission model too complicted

      Cons

      They lead with fear and people were fired on the spot after QBR. I believe it's because managers were young too and had no training. So a lot of micromanagement. The company either greatly exaggerated or lied about the product making it hard to sell.

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      Criteo Response
      5y
      Hello, thanks for taking the time to submit your review. We're very sorry to hear that you didn't have a great experience with us. We wished we had found the way to support you through our HR processes in place and internal employee satisfaction survey. We hope you find in your next experience what you feel was missing for you at Criteo. best.
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