Mitarbeiterbewertungen für Turn zu „senior leadership“

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With a hypergrowth startup comes a transformation, and risk. The management needs to have a vision and give strong guidance. Instead, our management shifted with the wind, didn't have the seasoned steady hand to guide the helm, and created a distracted, shifting energy that made us lose steam. Rather than focus on our strengths and sell the Turn story, we were always watching what others were doing, afraid of our own shadow, and trying to become a "SaaS" company, for whatever reason. After our second CFO was fired within a year, it was obvious that a clean exit wasn't going to happen.

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As with any company trying to grow quickly, it inevitably burns a few people in the process. It's the nature of startups and ad tech in particular due to the pace of the industry. Former employees who didn't have tolerance for it left their mark with a negative vibe which, unfortunately, had a cascading effect. Turn does have it's problems but they are minor, on a relative scale, and fixable and it's pretty clear steps are being taken to address them.

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The aforementioned attribution problem, paired with some senior leadership changes over the past year (including a new CEO), means the organization has not been stable and morale is fragile. It can be tough emotionally if you've never experienced workplace turmoil before (especially for the impressionable young engineers). Some of the more experienced engineers have left for the likes of Facebook, which in a way validates the level of engineering talent. Being a private company in adtech, it is hard to attach a value to the stock options if you are looking for a short-term pay-off.

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When I started the company was in much better shape financially and we had great perks (quarterly massages, good swag, office wide workouts, etc) and by the time I left, all of that faded away and Turn penny pinches even the happy hours. I know those small things aren't a reason not to work somewhere but they are indicative of an overall cultural shift and the lack of "employee first" mentality. Turn is now an "investors first" company ... Which is ironic because if the employees were happy, the company would be more profitable!

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Culture: Needs work and has changed drastically since the earlier days. The US team seems to be much more motivated/excited compared to London. Sometimes when I walk into the office, it is drop dead silent... Work/Life balance: Very difficult. There is too much work for each person to get done, at least successfully. Growth opportunities/career progression: No matter how hard you work or what you have achieved for the company, this seems to boil down to if you are liked by your manager. Senior management does not accept "creative" or "out of the box" ideas to better the culture or increase efficiencies as a whole...if they do not agree with you. This could go against your future at Turn so watch what you say even if you think it will help the company! Work ethic: The different teams here do not seem to really work together but quite independently. I have seen people take credit for other people's work which is unfair...does not seem some of the team members respect each other.

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Currently under new leaderships (ex-Googlers) and undergoing a lot changes and re-org as the company pivot towards a flat and nimbler structure. Not necessarily a bad thing, but there's high attrition rate, a sense of instability, feeling of uneasiness about future success, and low moral. Recently implemented a flat functional structure, so, not a lot of room for advancement. A shift towards a culture of individual contributors & scrappiness... Not a lot of support for mid-management, or an environment where individuals or teams are properly setup for success. You'll need to be scrappy and able to navigate through a lot of changes and ambiguity in order to be successful. Have a tendency to value and celebrate mediocre team members to prop up the lack of moral due to instability and changes.

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There have been changes, but as far as i can tell, they were the right ones to make. Since we chose to be at a company that is defining a new part of the advertising industry i think we should expect change. the competition has increased, the complexity of "what" we do has increased. So i don't mind the change, I'm just glad that it was done and that there was transparency about it.

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The challenging part about working at Turn is listening to people complain about working at Turn. We work at a great company, in a great industry, with unlimited potential for growth. Do your job, and show up ready to play every single day.

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Struggling with being a larger company. Not all layers of management are experienced enough to go through this transition. Cowardly trolls who post anonymous garbage on this site and try and bring our reputation down with their terrible remarks that have no basis in fact.

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There are chances when the workload can get overwhelming. Growing slowly and having a lot of growing pains but we are still working as a team.