Not everyone has the stomach for a young company in a new industry - Anonymous employee Networked Insights Employee Review

5.0
May 16, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Enormous market opportunity and vision - Strong talent throughout the company - Strongest performers are generously rewarded, weakest colleagues are shown the door - Bleeding edge technology, excellent engineering talent - Well funded with large investors - Flexible scheduling, generous PTO, understanding of work-life balance issues - Exercise groups over lunch hour - Office perks like open air environment, snacks, beer, ping pong, shuffleboard If you can handle the ups and downs that inevitably come with being a young company in a brand new industry, this company is the place for you. The company has always had a leading edge strategy and has been consistently ahead of the competition and marketplace on when to pivot, what to build, and how to position the products and capabilities. As any entrepreneur knows, that does not always translate into immediate and direct success or stability. A lot of the negative reviews on glassdoor come from individuals that were hired when the revenue and client base was growing consistent and there was an overriding sense of security and stability. Unfortunately there are going to be bumps when you are trying to fundamentally change an industry as large as marketing. When those bumps hit, they surprised and spooked a lot of people. Many of those folks have left, some of their own accord, some because the business had to pivot, and others because they were not strong performers. The upside is that the team has gotten stronger, more nimble, and more focused as a result of the turnover. And fundamentally, the underlying technology is second-to-none. There have been massive investments in research and development over the last couple years that have finally positioned the company to take off in a major way. It has been a long road but the company is in a place to turn a lot of the marketing world upside down. The future is exceedingly bright.

Cons

- Ups and downs in revenue and client sales as the market and product matures - It's not easy being in an infant industry - Currently at an awkward size culturally, too big to have the perks of a small company, not big enough to have the perks of a large company - Tendency to bite off more than can be chewed in product development

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Networked Insights Response
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Thanks so much for your candid feedback! As we continue to develop as a company, we're focused on evolving and making Networked Insights the best place it can be. As the new Director of People for NI, I am focused on driving culture and engagement, and will continually be looking for opportunities to leverage our strengths and improve our weaknesses. A big piece of that is a focus around communication -- specifically with frequency and transparency. Additionally, we've transitioned our "Leadership Team" into an expanded "Management Team" to ensure we can make communication better, get decisions made more rapidly, empower more people to form teams as needed to solve our challenges, and to align the organization to work more agilely. We’re excited about these changes, and look forward to continually striving to improve so that we can be our best!

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Across the board there are fantastic, smart, and dedicated people throughout the organization. A lot of turnover that has happened has had a strongly positive effect. The strategic partnerships that the company has in place with Group M and Twitter put the company in an unparalleled position to own the marketplace in a few years. The core technology is truly differentiated and very difficult to recreate without the partnerships we have in place. Offices are comfortable and the perks are good. Generous time off policy and very flexible managers that accommodate home life needs in balance with work. Compensation levels are reasonable to generous.

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People that leave seem to be exceptionally bitter and disingenuous about their time at NI. We still are battling a lot of the challenges of early stage companies because our industry and products are so new. Yet people don't necessarily join with the expectations of working at a startup anymore given how big we are and how long we have been around. Some hires just don't work out because they have difficulty adapting to an environment that has to be fluid and responsive to a rapidly changing industry.

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