Mediaocean reviews

4.2

87% would recommend to a friend

(599 total reviews)
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Bill Wise

92% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Mediaocean has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 599 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mediaocean employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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599 reviews
4.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compared to every area of Mediaocean, Support is by far the most structured and accountable department. I can't speak for the other areas of the company, but they should take note of it. Regarding people, every job has a good handful of jerks, but the majority of the Mediaocean population are non-jerks. I'll take it! Hopefully the culture that has been built over the past several years continues. Depending on the direction of the new ownership, this can become a con.

Cons

Legacy structure still has an impact today. Some people are incapable of change and it impacts the work of those invested in being successful. Just because some process you do everyday worked for you in 1983 does not mean this is a good idea now. Another negative is the uncertainty at this time. Since the acquisition there is a lot of confusion on who does what and a lot of procedural changes. This should work itself out over time. This isn't the first major change this company has gone through since we are still only a few years removed from the merge. The Pune office is a big con. I'm not sure if they undergo the same training as the rest of the company but they routinely seem out of the loop and unsure of how our products are actually being used. This is a big gap and not one I think will be fixed.

4.0
Feb 3, 2016

Lead Automation Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

work env is good. Great team members.

Cons

Career growth is not that much. you stuck at current position for a long time

4.0
Jan 29, 2016

Private company gone through merger, and now aquisition

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good social environment - felt very well connected with most colleagues, even if I didn't come across them through work. Everyone is very approachable (even devs!) right up to CEO. Good pay Good bonuses, though replaced with equity release scheme, now completed, which turned out better - I never dreamt it would pay out.

Cons

No structured training or development Appraisals felt like box ticking exercises Difficult to get new methodologies and thinking considered or accepted Not truly global, far too US centric, which goes against their ambition of breaking into new markets. For the time I was employed at DDS, now Mediaocean, I've seen a great number of changes. DDS needed a shakeup, which came in the form of a merger with MediaBank. Having settled into a good, exciting company to work for, they've now been acquired by Vista Equity Partners. What that will bring only time will tell.

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Mediaocean Response
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We work hard to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to mix with colleagues both socially and professionally so it’s good to know that is reaping benefits. Obviously disappointed that the appraisals felt like box ticking. This can be down to different management styles and sounds like some training would be in order.Thank you for the feedback.
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