Spokeo reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(168 total reviews)
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Harrison Tang

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Spokeo has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 168 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spokeo 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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168 reviews
2.0
Sep 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees care. Smart. Digitally capable. informal.

Cons

Driven by owners' preferences and desire for control vs. what's right for business and users. Face to owners..not to users / market.

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Spokeo Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're just as excited as you are about all the dynamic changes we are proposing for Spokeo's future, particularly as it relates to product development and company culture. You hit the nail on the head about the type of people who thrive at Spokeo - we are actively looking for do-ers and people who want to make things happen. We also believe that our team members are people first, which is why we are happy to support encourage and support employee engagement with their interests outside the company, including their commitment to their communities.
4.0
Sep 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cliche as it may be, the people at Spokeo are really enjoyable to work with. The hiring process puts a lot of emphasis on cultural fit and it shows. The higher-ups understand how important happy employees are to a successful business, and so they do their best to make Spokeo an enjoyable place to work. You get everything from over-the-top parties, to company sponsored events once a month with a lot of thought put into how to make them fun and integrating for new-comers, to catered lunches, to 18 days PTO, to top-notch benefits. As an engineer, work was pretty great. The engineering manager, Byron Wang, is best-in-class. A lot of effort goes into making sure work isn't stressful for engineers. And, more than anywhere I've worked, the engineers at Spokeo are passionate about code quality, so working with the codebase--although dated--is a mostly pleasant experience.

Cons

The passion a lot of the employees have at Spokeo, from engineers all the way to management, is sometimes detrimental. Also, QA and customer service need to stop being treated like second class citizens.

1.0
Mar 27, 2015

Not a good career move

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing good for you here.

Cons

Horrible dysfunction and infighting amongst the founders, crap product execution, ftc judgement against them.

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