NexTag Reviews

Pros

Looking back at 2,5 years I spent at Nextag, I'm reflecting on my experience there, and what the company has given to me personally. For a newbie in the American labor market, it was a great company to work for. I learned the basics of corporate structure, modern technologies, and principles working within the team and across the teams. I had a pretty fair (at least, comparable) compensation for the work I did, and benefits were really good. I also found out that Nextag was a good name to put on my resume :)

Cons

What I didn't like, though, was the total absence of career opportunities. Irregardless how good you are and how hard you try, it isn't possible to move on within the company. There was no such concept as 'career ladder', I guess... The only way for me to grow was to leave, and that's what I did.
The other thing that pushed me toward leaving was a luck of flexibility regarding working hours. Taking PTO hours for a dentist appointment - it was pretty ridiculous...

Advice to Senior Management

Start all 1:1s with your directs with a simple question: "Are you happy?"

Pros

nice colleagues
new furniture
free breakfast
benefits package about average - but nothing fancy

Cons

no growth opportunities, no development
redundancies all round - despite CEO telling company in a big meeting their would not be any
entire all management crew has been forced out and replaced with people that know nothing about the business

Advice to Senior Management

people do not like to be lied at, don't treat sales and account managers like canon fodder

Pros

I thought it was the compensation, until I realized that the competition was paying double and I left.

Cons

The most depressed employees I have ever encountered. From the CEO and VPs to all directors and managers these are losers that cannot appreciate talent and ideas.

Pros

- Depending on your team, great adoption of new technologies
- Lots of new things happening, interesting projects
- Nice office with full of snacks and monthly free lunches
- Engineers get a Mac or a Dell laptop
- Great PTO
- HR really spends time on team building and employee morale boosting activities

Cons

- Some projects have management problems or incompetent managers
- Compensation is not as good as it used to be

Advice to Senior Management

- Have a clearer vision as to where the company is heading. If you do, please convey it better to the employees so that they can trust that vision.

Pros

New work place, Gym, cafeteria, location

Cons

Ex Orbitz and Leapfrog employees taking Management roles
 Headstrong managers
Although management asks for review/suggestions, they are not ready to accept them and correct their mistakes
Boot licking is accepted

Advice to Senior Management

Open your eyes and see what the new hired managers are doing.

Pros

Awesome company, great people, free coffee

Cons

Salaries are fairly okay, small cubicles

Advice to Senior Management

keep up the good work!

Pros

Descent package
Fast moving company to switch ressources priority and work on different verticals and territories

Cons

Lack of communication from top to bottom

Pros

The office is nice. It has a small cafeteria and small gym.
The people in the office are generally nice.

Cons

I think there is a great lack of clearly defined steps for career progression in the company.
More data based rather than opinion driven decision making.

Pros

The coffee machine and free chips.
Nice office and furniture.
Monthly free lunches.
Some smart and cool people to work with.

Cons

Nextag used to be a place where everyone worked hard for a common goal. Now it is very political. You must be considered a fun and happy person to get anywhere. Hard work no longer matters. Senior managers make uninformed decisions about employees without even knowing what they do. Employees are not appreciated, or the wrong ones are.

Advice to Senior Management

A lot of knowledge has left the company with so many employees leaving. You should rethink about who you will force out. Senior managers should get to know their team themselves and not base it on what they hear from others.

Pros

The pros were free food and some amazing co-workers that I will definitely keep in touch with and I did learn some very useful technology. Everything else basically sucked and at this point there are 2-3 people leaving on a weekly basis .

Cons

Nextag in itself has a lot of potential as a company, but seems that it is not going on the right path. The management is absolutely rude, ridiculous and the politics are insane here. If the manager doesn’t like you… they will make your life a living hell and there will be nothing you can do about it other than look elsewhere for a job. The words “hostile work environment” and “drama” come to mind (but this was only in my department and I can’t speak for the others). Sure you can talk to HR, which I did and it made things better for a while, but in the end it seemed like a dead end job. Nextag IS trying to change and be a more friendly and fun place to work so maybe down the line things will improve.

The manager of my department treated us like remedial children with constant check ins and micromanaging. You will not get any recognition at Nextag no matter how hard you work and a promotion will not happen for 2-3 years (unless you are in a high position then you wouldn’t care anyway). This year nobody even got a raise (the raise is usually a miniscule percentage anyway) and if you work hard and get a good review you will be honored with the TINIEST bonus I have ever seen in my life…it’s a complete joke.

Advice to Senior Management

Please treat your employees like human being with kindness and respect and stop the politics going on around the office!!!