Is Criteo a good company to work for?

Criteo has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,181 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Criteo to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Criteo have been left by employees working as Account Strategist , Software Engineer and Product Manager .

Does Criteo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Criteo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Criteo. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Criteo?

73% of Criteo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Criteo 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Criteo?

Account Strategist (121) , Software Engineer (85) , Sales Manager (76) , Account Executive (75) , Technical Solutions Engineer (42) , Account Manager (41) , Senior Software Engineer (36) , Sales (29) , Manager (19) , Senior Data Analyst (19) , Account Strategist Intern (18) , Project Manager (18) , Senior Account Strategist (18) , Marketing (17) , Associate Account Executive (16)

What are the pros of working at Criteo according to real employee reviews?

"Extremely capable people and great all around" ((in 198 reviews)); "Great benefits for US employees." ((in 131 reviews)); "the work life balance is good" ((in 86 reviews)); "Very knowledgeable and great colleagues." ((in 77 reviews)); "Salary is good and competitive." ((in 70 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Criteo according to real employee reviews?

"bad management (there is common here that French are being promoted the most." ((in 70 reviews)); "Some bad managers" ((in 45 reviews)); "The lack of leadership and autonomy for execution really wore down a lot of people." ((in 27 reviews)); "No clear career path for non" ((in 21 reviews)); "Poor upper management but good sales leaders" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Criteo layoffs in 2026?

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

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3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,427 total reviews)

Michael Komasinski

43% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Criteo has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,427 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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1K reviews

1.0

May 12, 2021

Diversity issues and lack of career opportunities

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The biggest advantages are the Salary, compensations and Benefits. So negotiate well your salary because the career opportunities are limited.

Cons

It wouldn't be fair no to mention this, but there is some serious diversity issues about the company. With the death of cookies marketing and the big turnover last year, the company is struggling to hire new software engineers.

Criteo Response

4y

Thanks for taking the time to submit your review. We're sorry to read that you have had a negative experience. Regarding your highlight on diversity, we agree that it's a top priority. We have just hired a dedicated, experienced person to head up the D&I program at Criteo and we look forward to this resulting in an even greater breadth of diversity and a stronger sense of inclusion among our employees!

1.0

Jan 24, 2020

Not an innovation company anymore. Make money or make room for somebody who will.

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- High salary, but a big part of it is indexed on hidden objectives that are only magically revealed when bonus is attributed. - Huge cluster and computing power, which is downside too as adding features is prioritary compared to writing clean and efficient code. - Very knowledgeable and great colleagues. - Possibility to attend conferences although they are adding more and more validation layers upon this.

Cons

- Management is hectic. Criteo has no vision and only reacts last minute to the problems when they are unavoidable. Innovative projects are launched, ran, and killed for no reason one week before going to prod. - Politics is everything at Criteo. Never ever get in trouble with higher management or your career is dead, you may even get fired. The internal rewarding program for exceptional performance "spot awards" should be renamed "friend awards" given how obvious are the relationships between the winners and the management. - Dev lead have no manager abilities and since they have been asked to have numbers, they are pressuring devs like crazy, imposing their decisions, micro managing, harassing.

Criteo Response

5y

Thanks for sharing a little about your experience working at Criteo. We agree that the people at Criteo are wonderful which is why we strive to make the employee experience a great one. We work hard to ensure those in our manager roles have the right training to be effective leaders, able to assess performance of our employees in a fair and consistent way through our evolving Perform & Develop approach. We have a strong focus on the creation of a coaching and development culture and where transitions occur, they are handled with fairness and integrity. Under our CEO, Megan Clarken, we are guided by our new strategy, mission and values, to develop our culture and put the customer at the centre of everything we do.

1.0

Jun 28, 2019

Overall a disappointing experience

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ok salary, interesting industry and ecosystem

Cons

Lack of market understanding, lack of innovation Poor management (my own experience)

Criteo Response

6y

Firstly, thank you so much for taking the time to submit your honest feedback. As we continue to move through a transition period we remain committed to developing our managers into great leaders and instilling a culture where each team member can openly express their perspective.

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Diversity issues and lack of career opportunities

Not an innovation company anymore. Make money or make room for somebody who will.

Overall a disappointing experience

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