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In a sad state of decline - Anonymous employee Ask Applications Employee Review

1.0
Nov 6, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexible time off -Office snacks/drinks -Location outside of NYC (pro for some people)

Cons

-The business is a state of decline, with absolutely no vision or plan on how to improve things (read the IAC quarterly earnings report). They are willing to just ride it out for as long as it will make money, while cutting "expenses" (people) along the way. -Every strategic decision made is to meet the quarterly IAC goals, not to benefit users of the product or employees. -Management does not care about its employees, aside from the bigger layoffs they have fired many of the brightest people without notice and forced many more to have to leave. Very few promotions and it usually happens because someone else quit. -Only looking to hire in the European office because the work is cheaper and the only future revenue to be made is in the mobile company they bought (Apalon).

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5.0
Sep 20, 2021
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Pros

- Manager was so helpful and sweet, made sure the work I was doing was on my skill level and also something that I enjoyed - Team was so welcoming and friendly - Loved interacting with other interns - Helped me build up my confidence and skills - Paid internship!!!! Need I say more, felt like they really valued me and my time

Cons

Nothing I can think of. I'm super grateful for the opportunity they gave me, especially since I didn't feel like I was "good enough" to get paid for what I did if that makes sense

1.0
Aug 2, 2016
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Pros

- Most of the people I worked directly with were smart and friendly. - Free snacks. - They try to use the latest tools However, I would not recommend it even to my worst enemies.

Cons

The higher management treated the rest of employees as herd of cattle. There is no transparency at all, so the work environment is bit creepy where you never feel safe and settled in. The hiring managers painted the picture that the company is doing great and wanted to expand because they have a lot features and ideas to build. However, after joining and leaving my other full time job, the higher management decided reduce expenses by cutting on resources. So I was laid off along with about 30 others. Even the lay off process was unprofessional and disrespectful, and shows that they only care about much they can keep in there pocket. Everyone was called into one meeting and given a 5 minute speech informing us that it would be our last day of employment. Using cutting technologies was great. However, there was disconnect on the actual requirements and some of the developers worked as solo cowboy coders, so it was hard to make code reusability.

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