PubMatic reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(610 total reviews)

Rajeev Goel

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

PubMatic has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 610 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PubMatic 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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610 reviews
2.0
May 26, 2014

Lack of talent development

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some smart people, trying hard to be cool, programmatic in general is the wave of the future so it's a good space to learn.

Cons

What others here have said about the high churn and the layers of mid level managers is true. Short sighted ethos pervades.

2.0
Apr 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good environment . Lots of learning

Cons

Expect everyone to work on weekends. Release date finalized first and then comes to engineering with lot of pressure to complete on time. Appraisal depends on you personal skill "yes sir" not on the basis of rating and skills. Don't recognize efforts Lot of politics.

2.0
Apr 3, 2014

Too many cooks in the kitchen

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get some programmatic exposure though you'll really have to struggle and fend for yourself which is somewhat comforting because everyone is in the same boat. I would say about 70% of the employees are just faking it until they make it. Just try and ask them a question and watch them stutter and reply we'll look into that for you.

Cons

You'll notice most have been around for less than a year which speaks to the high turnover rate. While most of these layoffs weren't of choice for me the frequency is worrying because it indicates a company that lacks direction. They tend to feed you a lot of BS about how PubMatic is so far above competitors like Appnexus, Rubicon and AdX. If you do research on your own YES programmatic is growing BUT there's not a lot of money in SSP. PubMatic is no longer just a premium publisher partner they have more lower tier accounts in reality and a handful of actual premium publishers. It's an everyday struggle with publishers who are working with AdX/Rubicon and are seeing much better results with those partner than with PubMatic. This sounds harsh but just do everyone a favor and either sell the company or go out of business already.

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