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Integral Ad Science

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Integral Ad Science reviews

3.6

54% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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Lisa Utzschneider

72% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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2.0
Mar 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Still a very relevant topic within the industry, you have opportunity to meet with both senior level agency contacts and clients directly. There are a lot of smart people who are pretty accessible if you make an effort to seek them out. Depending on your team and manager, pretty good work/life/telecommuting setup.

Cons

Senior sales leadership is terrible; they're entirely focused on their own job security and compensation post acquisition. Sales plans are being announced when the quarter is practically over, and everyone is being paid on accounts just inherited -- and the plan includes a high floor that could mean zero commission. No plans have been put in writing yet, which is another example of how bloated and inefficient the HR and finance teams are. We're kept in the dark about what our commission will be until the last minute. I usually don't know my own quarterly/annual attainment until a paycheck hits my bank account. Impossible to track revenue or understand calculations for commission, despite asking for detail. No idea how quotas are set. No per account quota or revenue data provided, despite requests. Very shady. Big growth targets, despite having no new products to sell and having fallen behind on the tech side. Leadership is completely out of touch on what the actual sale cycle or sales challenges are. Any revenue data we do receive is incredibly confusing because of multiple, unexplained "credits" issued by finance. No finance data matches actual volume that we pull. Impossible to know how you're tracking. Sales ops and sales support has become a huge team, but our processes have become very complicated with both employees and clients getting fed up. Finance continues to be a nightmare and not accountable. Invoice issues go unresolved or unresponded to. Clients are angry and IAS employees are caught in the middle regularly. We've lost business over it, and salespeople are penalized.

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Integral Ad Science Response
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Thank you for providing your feedback. Ensuring our sales force has the tools to do their jobs with confidence is a priority for us. The practices we employ in our commission plans are based on best practice and evolve every year. While we can appreciate that change is difficult as the company moves from a small organization to a global organization at scale, it is necessary for us to look at continuous improvements which may create some getting used to. Mike Iantosca, Chief Revenue Officer
3.0
Feb 6, 2019

Running out of runway

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Pros

- Unlimited vacation - Market share - Friday lunches - 401k - Opportunity is ours to lose.

Cons

- Executives are not aligned at all. - No company vision since being acquired. - Private Equity "advisors" are running the show. - Comp plans not communicated until well into the 1st quarter of the year (still waiting) - Zero marketing support for sales people. - Commission plans change constantly. No plan for AE's to actually achieve quotas. - Incoherent product marketing. - Your manager (sales) is definitely interviewing elsewhere. - Accounts on your list get moved all the time due to turnover.

5.0
Jan 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You get to work with some truly passionate, knowledgeable, and smart folks. They're the reason I have not considered leaving in my 3+ years here - The problems we're solving are challenging and complex, but that's what makes it interesting. There's always an opportunity to work on something new. - Great work/life balance and flexible working hours - Unlimited PTO. The ability to take a random day here and there without worry is great. - Some of the folks that recently left were intimidated by the Vista acquisition, but that's nonsense. All they've done so far is say "here are some processes that have been proven to work in our other companies. Try them." You're basically getting paid to learn. Personally, I see it as a big bonus. - Beer and cold brew on tap, year round. - When it's party time, it's party time!

Cons

- IAS has aquired some companies in the last few years. Some of the employees of those companies were not a good cultural fit, but they had golden handcuffs that prevented them from leaving. This made them bitter, which didn't help the cultural fit situation. Anyway, they all cashed out and bailed after our acqusition, so the problem has basically fixed itself - Many of the negative reviews come from these folks and it's really frustrating to see all their bitterness spill out into their Glassdoor reviews.

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