Rokt reviews

3.9

67% would recommend to a friend

(375 total reviews)
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Bruce Buchanan

69% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Rokt has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 375 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rokt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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375 reviews
1.0
Oct 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Get to work with smart, driven people - Can pick up many new skills working here - Free catered lunch every day, snacks, drinks, etc

Cons

- Top down culture of fear at the company. There are no 360 reviews here, so performance is only evaluated by your direct manager with no real input from anyone else. As a result, people are afraid to speak up to the CEO and CCO who are a husband/wife duo. This fear trickles down to the rest of the organization. - Hire to fire culture borrowed straight from the Amazon playbook. The expectation is that each performance cycle 20% of all employees will be "below the bar" and will eventually get pushed out. Employee churn is constant. - Work life balance does not exist here. Be prepared to work nights and weekends - There are several people in exco and lower management that are straight up incompetent. More than a few managers here have no idea how to build/grow a team, motivate people, or give actionable feedback - Favoritism and office politics are a mainstay here - Promotions are infrequent and often denied for dubious reasons as the company tends to hire externally rather than grow existing employees - Despite there being many interesting technical problems to solve, engineering teams are frequently not given enough scope to achieve the business impact needed for promotion - Compensation is not competitive with market rates despite a high hiring bar - Tech stack has a surprising amount of legacy code and poor architectural decisions that don't scale well

5.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive environment of capable engineers. Excellent benefits package.

Cons

High workload, can sometimes feel a bit of crunch pressure

2.0
Oct 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work culture - Really smart and hardworking colleagues - Clear objectives and goal-driven - No office politics - Great employment benefits - Problem solving at every level (rewarding challenges)

Cons

The firm recently onboarded a new EXCO who brought in their ex-team and proceeded to change and remodel the way things work in the department without even trying to understand how the business works. Ultimately, this new management then decided to close down a remote office citing a change in business direction but in actual fact, it was due to them being unable to manage a satellite office in a different region and time zone (the irony of a global tech firm). The retrenchment process was less than desirable, and the months from before the announcement up till the final days were nothing but anxiety and stress-inducing as the entire process was handled atrociously (retrenchment packages were even miscommunicated!). You can even say they had no proper processes in place at all. The management also tried to hire replacement staff in the NYC office behind everyone's back (where the new management team is based) even before the retrenchment was announced. Upon being confronted, they feigned ignorance and were caught lying their way out of the confrontation by the team. They were then forced to bring forward the retrenchment announcement. The EXCO then delivered the retrenchment news and it lasted no more than 5 minutes, which further dehumanised and reinforced that this new management only treats their staff as mere numbers on a spreadsheet. The firm prides itself on its employee satisfaction and remuneration fairness, but the employees were all let go with substandard retrenchment packages when benchmarked against other reputable tech firms.

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