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I appreciate your response, and I’m sorry that it seems you had a negative experience while working at Taboola. I hope while at Taboola you were able to share some of your concerns, we do take them seriously and try to do better based on our employee’s input. Many of the changes we implemented in the past 12 months were as a result of employee feedback.
We pride ourselves on having created a company that hires smart and ambitious people that we grow, and promote from within. As the company grew very quickly, the flip side of that coin that for many people in the company, their current role is the biggest one they’ve ever done. We are excited by the opportunity for all of our managers, even those who are new to it but aware of the complexity in that path. As such, we launched a new training and development program this year and decided to focus on managers. We’ve conducted 5 cohorts so far this year, 3 focused on first-time managers and 2 on more experienced managers. We have 3 more sessions planned for this year.
It is true, we do expect a lot from our employees, we believe in a culture of working hard, and remaining humble. As such, in many cases red-eye flights make most sense as we want to spend the day with our clients and not on the plane. Our most senior executive are held to the same standard. As for the Executive team, if you feel they are out of touch, please feel free to reach out to discuss. From Adam to the rest of the executive level, they are all available via email, g-chat and in person, and share the same open space everyone else does.
You are correct in noting that we are not Google, or Facebook, we are Taboola. Definitely not clean of errors (though I doubt Google or Facebook are) but we do take pride in building a successful company that spans nearly 1,000 employees spread across many global offices. We are still growing and learning from mistakes when we make them. Thanks for giving us some things to think about.
