Taboola reviews

4.2

88% would recommend to a friend

(938 total reviews)
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Adam Singolda

90% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Taboola has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 938 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Taboola employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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938 reviews
1.0
Jan 4, 2022

Worst work environment!!!! Do not work here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

No pros in my opinion

Cons

Where to even begin... let's start with the really terrible micromanagement and passive aggressive directors. They dump unnecessary workloads onto you that shouldn't be your responsibility, and they will continue to pile on the work despite you voicing your concerns about it exceeding your bandwidth. They force their employees to come into the office during a pandemic several times a week when there's very CLEAR hesitation about getting sick. Mind you, this office has been shut down several times due to many employees testing positive for COVID. They don't care and are extremely tone deaf to what's going on in the world. There's painfully obvious turnover in the pub department - most people did not even make it a year. HUGE favoritism only towards Israelis, and the CEO hires a majority of his employees who have no real experience pertaining to their roles just because they are Israeli. Non inclusive to other minorities, especially anyone that's of any other middle eastern descent. Toxic work culture, no work life balance, they expect you to respond to emails and chats at all hours of the day, throw last minute meetings on your calendar before/after working hours, and constantly ask for updates on things they already know the answers to or is just busy work. They also typically exceed 10-15 hours of meetings per week causing burnout and lack of motivation/time to get anything else done. No flexible vacation policies - only give a max of up to 2 weeks per year (and that's not including sick days. they expect you to use your very minimal PTO for sick days). My team and I were told we should be weary of taking vacation so soon after our start dates - especially because we were new and it was a busy period. Meanwhile, the directors were allowed to take weeks of PTO while an entirely new team had to scramble to figure everything out themselves. One of the directors once said if we're not traveling abroad for vacation then we should still be online to check on emails....... Definitely don't think they care for anyone who's in a 'lower' position on the scale. The pay is insanely low for the adtech industry and there's zero room for growth. You could easily get a much higher salary anywhere else in the tech industry for less stress. It's not worth it in my opinion . This place is a joke serving clickbait 'content recommendations' to consumers, trying to pretend they're of a grander stature than what they truly are. Products are uninspired, outdated, and glitchy - and the solutions teams are outsourced from Israel/India so you never hear back from them in a timely manner. Then you end up doing their work for them on top of everything else!!! Gross, toxic environment with terrible directors who don't know how to boost morale or even manage a team together. Honestly i'm really curious to know how they even got the positions they're in because this literally would not fly anywhere else - super unprofessional company. Would never ever refer anyone to work here.

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Taboola Response
4y
We are sorry to hear that your experience as a Taboolar has been so negative. Taboola is committed to ensuring that our employees’ voices and concerns are addressed and that all Taboolars feel included in a safe and accepting work environment. We strongly recommend that you speak directly with your supervisor, team leader, or HRBP to address your concerns, particularly those about work/life balance, bias in hiring or career, and compensation. If you do not feel comfortable doing so, there is an internal anonymous channel that Taboolars can use to report any inappropriate statements or actions they encounter within the Taboola community based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, disability, or other demographic. We wanted to correct a few things mentioned in your review: 1-We take the health and safety of our employees very seriously, and follow local laws and regulations as far as the Covid-19 pandemic is concerned. Employees are not and have not been forced to come into the New York office at any time during the Covid-19 pandemic. Employees and visitors to the New York office must show proof of vaccination, wear masks in the office, and are asked to stay home if they are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive. 2-Taboola is a global company, so those working with teams in other countries or in client-facing roles may on occasion have to shift their working hours to collaborate with their overseas colleagues. It is a fast-paced environment, and while we do expect Taboolars to work hard, we also believe in a healthy work/life balance, and encourage our employees to take time away from the office. 3-Our PTO policy starts at three weeks a year, not two. As of 2022, it has been expanded. Employees now have flexibility as far as PTO, with most choosing 3-5+ weeks per year to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
2.0
Feb 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Fun work events, great people on the individual contributor level, strong leadership on team and executive levels. Strong US content policy team with great leadership and understanding of the nuance that is involved in what should and shouldn't be put in front of users. Benefits are good and the facilities are great. Adam is a friendly, talented, and smart CEO.

Cons

Wages far below industry standard, limited growth paths for most roles, falsely claimed 'flat hierarchy' is actually an eggshell ridden political mess, huge technical debt. Favoritism is a huge issue here, newer employees may find it very difficult or impossible to advance into the roles they're best suited for and the company is very stingy with wages despite the massive revenue numbers that are boasted. While executive leaders have good ideology, this does not seem to trickle down. The HR team is friendly and wants to help, but their influence is not where it should be in terms of checks and balances. Particular employees have worked odd and varying hours for years are still working for their starting (hourly) wage - their compensation has not even matched inflation.

1.0
Aug 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1) Lots of free food 2) OK base salary 3) SKOs in interesting locations 4) Shrewd business people

Cons

This is all just my opinion, but I feel like there was a big difference in what my hiring manager told me my job would be compared to what my job actually was. I was hired as a solutions-seller, and I was looking forward to being a problem solver for my clients, but it was very hard to work with big brands or agencies because I didn't have a product that checked the agency's boxes. Maybe this has changed. All of the deals I did close were with small companies, and of those, many of them had a difficult time making the platform work for them, which lead to "churn and burn." The agency deals I did close had a hard time scaling because, and I never had support I needed to be successful from leadership or my account management team. Sometimes, I felt uncomfortable with how I was being asked to position the product, because in my opinion, it felt like too much of a stretch, or as if I was encouraged not to be transparent with my clients. On the sales side, everything seemed to be tracked to a degree that felt intrusive and overbearing. Obviously, prospecting is important, but there here there was a massive emphasis on outreach using mail merges, email campaigns, and in my opinion, I felt like I was forced to send out spam all day. In my opinion, it seemed like although Taboola might like more money from big brands and agencies, my guess is that they make so much money from DR advertisers and arbitrage publishers, that being brand safe or offering a video solution that has a competitive AVOC or viewability doesn't seem to be a priority. That said, the company is massively successful - there are a lot of articles about Taboola that talk about it being a "billion dollar unicorn." If I were an engineer, I think working at Taboola would be great. But if you are a sales person, just be aware there is a big focus on outreach volume versus nurturing client relationships. I tried to offer feedback, and I know other colleagues agreed, but HR nor my manager seemed to want to help. I think they knew of the problems, but just didn't know the solution.

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Taboola Response
6y
Thanks for your feedback. As a fast-growing company we're constantly evolving and improving our internal processes and every feedback received helps us move towards becoming a better company for our employees and partners.
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