Vertrue Reviews

Pros

The company is located in a convenient spot. The majority of the employees are nice people and a pleasure to work with. There is a good work/life balance

Cons

Company is on a financial downward trend and the senior management is struggling to correct the issues. No raises or bonuses and benefits have been cut.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in new blood who have new ideas. Current management seems to throw marketing dollars at initiatives that are untested and they have no idea if they will be successful or not.

Pros

Most people are really nice and great to work with
Decent pay
Generous time off policy
Casual dress every day (Jeans, t-shirts and sneakers)

Cons

There used to be many more perks, but slowly they have all been taken away
Company on a downward trend and management is floundering
No bonuses or raises unless you are in upper management

Advice to Senior Management

Communication needs to be improved between management and employees. Act as if you care about your employees and not just the bottom line.

Pros

The Pay, The benefits, the Christmas Party. The Christmas Party is usually very fancy with the executives getting drunk and giving away $100 bills and large screen tvs. They also used to do a great booze cruise around Manhattan and the occasional trip in the corporate jet was fun. The office is architecturally kinda cool with artwork from local artists on the walls and available for purchase. It is an open environment with no walls which I thought I would hate but turned out to be kinda nice - if you weren't stuck at one of the desks in the middle of the room.

Cons

High pressure, horrible/incompetent management, good ole boy mentality. Treat employees as worker bees. Bad, Bad, Bad. Even the salary didn't compensate in the end for the feeling of dread getting up to go to work in that pressure cooker. The management is so completely lacking in creativity or imagination. The services they provide are really worthless and nothing that you couldn't find without being charged a monthly fee on you credit card. There are about 5 people who run the place who are overpaid and under the assumption that anyone who works under them are disposable assets. Just the worst. I know this sounds like a disgruntled x employee but take my word for it I was there for many years and Ive worked at many large companies and am now very happily employed but I must say, honestly Vertrue is one of the most dysfunctional companies Ive ever. The amazing thing is that they still manage to make money, but they bottom will drop out one day when they run out of people to rip off and some AG finally nails them to the wall for consumer fraud or some kind of financial impropriety.

Advice to Senior Management

None. They dont want to hear it. Any feedback or constructive criticism would fall on deaf ears.

Pros

Great benefits
Excellent perks -- ability to use memberships for free
Many events for the employees to attend and no expense is spared in these parties
Awesome softball team
Talented group of people to work with
Accomplished team
Facility in Norwalk is state of the art and a nice enviroment to work in.
Unique team, facility and group of people

Cons

Office politics
In some departments face time is a neccesary evil
Unique team, facility and group of people
Can be very cliquey
Communication within different groups can be challenging.
Overall company communication can be drastically improved

Advice to Senior Management

Give more praise
Be accountable for how the staff perceives your actions
Have all groups follow the same rules
work on ways to improve communication

Pros

Large corporation with generous pay and the ability to transition into management fairly quickly. It's an easy job if you enjoy mind-numbing, non-challenging work. Once you are a part of the company, they will do anything to keep you there.

Cons

Products are cheesy, the computer chairs cost more than the computers, morality conflicts with products you're hired to design/market/develop, and an unbelievable amount of mostly useless meetings. Your superiors will take offense if you offer any suggestions for product enhancements and they take offense if you offer constructive criticism.

Advice to Senior Management

Fire anyone who doesn't care about user experience on the web. Hire people who are passionate about product development and want to make a difference, not just people looking to lazily hang out until retirement.