Worst Culture - Frontline Support Engineer Taboola Employee Review

1.0
Oct 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good Allowances - Good Food

Cons

- The culture here is the worst I have ever experienced in my entire career. - Everyone in the team wants to intrude into your personal life. - The manager of the technical team is only a B.A. (Bachelor's degree holder in Arts) graduate, and he believes that only communication skills are important for work; he doesn’t care about technical skills. - There is a lot of work pressure; the team managers used to play table tennis all the time in office while expecting their reportees to extend their shifts and work for around 12 hours. - Senior engineers on the team never help juniors or new joiners. - Managers forcefully take team members on trips and to parties in the name of collaboration, without understanding their reportee's situations if they can't attend. - There is no job security; the manager can dismiss you at any time and can put you on PIP(Performance Improvement Plan) because of favoritism. - There is a lot of politics and favoritism, especially in the FLS - Advertiser team.

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Taboola Response
1y
We are sorry to hear that your Taboola experience has been such a negative one. It's very important that our working environment is a happy and healthy one for Taboolars, and clearly, that isn’t your current experience. We’d like to make things better. If you haven't already, please reach out directly to your HRBP so that they can take steps to make improvements.

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Overall, it’s been a positive and rewarding experience, and I’m glad to be part of a team that values both performance and people.

Cons

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Taboola Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing a review! We're so happy to hear that you've been enjoying your #TaboolaLife experience! We hear your note about local admin support, and encourage you to share this feedback with your HRBP or manager if you haven't already.
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1. Generous benefits, pay is not too bad for someone new to the industry. 2. beautiful working space full of food, snacks, drinks, etc 3. Basically, the corporate want to make sure you are comfortable at work and have all the required gadgets 4. CEO is ambitious, highly involved, and actively seeking out new directions for the company instead of sitting on the native market they already dominated

Cons

1. Your personal experiences are highly related to the team you are on. 2. Some managers, who I am not sure if this is a culture or langauge issues, often sound condescending. Whenever you ask questions, instead of providing instruction, they will use rhetorical questions and leave you even more confused. Some like to blow things out of proportion when they disagree with your work. 3. Sending work messages 24/7 for nonurgent issues every day, even if you say 'not expecting you to reply,' is still pressure, especially coming from your direct manager. 4. The company pays hella amount of attention to their online reviews. They have people rolling out a food cart to encourage people leave comments/reviews online. I see this as both good and bad. Good because the employer does care about employee feedback, at least seemingly. Bad because you only need to PR this hard when things are not doing good. 5. Mandatory days at the office are Mon, Tues, and Thursday instead of letting you choose the days. Make you feel like a kindergarten kid when you have such limited freedom for your own schedule. 6. Toxic behaviors are tolerated

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Taboola Response
4mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective and for the time you spent with us. We appreciate you highlighting that your experience was deeply shaped by your specific team environment, and we value the honesty regarding where you felt our culture didn't hit the mark. Hearing your feedback on communication styles, work-life boundaries, and our internal policies is important to us as we continue to evolve. We’re grateful for the positive insights you shared and wish you the very best in your next professional chapter.
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