PlaceIQ reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)
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Duncan McCall

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

PlaceIQ has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PlaceIQ 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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54 reviews
5.0
Oct 16, 2019

On The Fast Track...To Good Times

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Pros

- Well-positioned for massive growth with revived direction of the company (no media, only data). - PIQ made the hard decision in the Summer to move away from the media business altogether, where that was no longer profitable nor a necessary way to buy media in the market, into a highly lucrative standalone data business. - As a salesperson, this makes it very easy to position the company and our products into how customers use the data. After all...our clients have been using our data better than we ever executed ourselves for media activation, measurement, and analysis. - Personally, the work-life balance really cannot be beat while goals are realistic and beatable. - Very smart collection of people across the U.S., all working together towards an ultimate goal. - Partnerships & key investments keep growing (Oracle, IRI, Experian, comScore, etc etc).

Cons

- Recent transition certainly put a temporary strain on product development, but it's only taken 2-3 months after that to come to earth. Turnaround times have been improved by about two weeks and allows for a much more efficient transactional business where customers buy data programmatically and need faster ways to buy it from us. - If you aren't an experience self starter, this isn't the job for you. Cannot take the foot off the gas from a sales perspective.

5.0
Jan 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting projects, great data, strong infrastructure, good transparency, smart co-workers, average level of politics, and a company that clearly deeply cares about keeping employees happy. It is amazing to work at a company where, if something doesn't go perfectly, the senior leadership takes responsibility and explains what they are doing to make things go perfectly next time around. That same senior leadership has an open door policy that I've taken advantage of any time that I wanted answers to sensitive questions. In the 2 years I've been at the company I have seen every aspect steadily grow and refine such that today is a really exciting time to be a part of PlaceIQ. I really feel like I understand and believe in the vision and direction of the company. None of this even mentions the excellent perks: ping pong table that people actually use regularly, excellent food and coffee, easy WFH and vacation policy, etc. It is just great to be happy where you work.

Cons

Probably selfish, but PlaceIQ is a venture backed company that is expected to exit someday and as an employee who is really happy here it is hard to get excited about the idea of some stodgy old company buying PlaceIQ and ruining everything that makes it good. I also get the feeling that in the world we live in now, the best way to get paid more is to jump between jobs and keep taking offers as they come. Based on what recruiters (which, maybe aren't actually trustworthy) say, I'm passing on a nice pay bump by staying loyal to a company that I enjoy working at. For now I'm happy to do that, but it does make me feel like kind of a tool. Finally, all of the hiring I've seen so far has been based on referrals. There must be more ways to find good people out there.

4.0
Apr 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The food, the environment, the style of the office space, and the ability to make of it what you will.

Cons

Sometimes it is too relaxed and you have to push people to move in the right direction. Not everyone communicates well.

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