Spiceworks Ziff Davis Reviews

Pros

Overall I would recommend working here if you are able to find the right role for you. No company is ever 100% perfect, but SWZD does have quite a few pros worth noting: - Unlimited PTO that you are actively encouraged to use. - Gift cards and quarterly bonuses for revenue teams. - Supportive middle-management that encourages and supports you and is always there to listen and help in whatever way they can. - Awesome delivery teams and a great team to work with overall. - Internal job opportunities across all J2 companies. - Udemy subscription for learning additional skills outside of your regular responsibilities. - Flexible hours and permanent work-from-anywhere.

Cons

- High pressure from the sales team. As they receive higher quotas they put more pressure on the client success team, which then puts more pressure on the delivery team who then are not given enough time to deliver quality campaigns. - High turnover from delivery teams across the last year after a lot of them hit their breaking point. - Constant change. This could be a pro or a con depending on how you look at it, but for me, it caused a significant amount of stress. Every time I began to feel comfortable accounts would be reassigned or there would be new process changes. - There were a lot of growing pains across the last year with the acquisition of Aberdeen, new CRO, new products, etc. Things seem to be leveling out a little bit, but keep this in mind if you choose this company as the next step of your career.

Pros

Brand is strong. Some decent people working there. Pretty good benefits.

Cons

Spiceworks - Ziff Davis is an organization beleaguered by politics. Senior leadership is more concerned with profit and loss and looking good to their bosses than anything else. You will get no help, and your pay will be cut. In sales? Quota will increase routinely and arbitrarily. Don't believe me? Check the LinkedIn profile - they are slowly outsourcing sales to India. The market is so hot for customer-facing roles, don't waste your time working here.

Pros

This company has been a breath of fresh air to work for since day 1. I say that with the perspective of someone who has worked in the digital marketing industry for over a decade in various roles and industries and have seen my fair share of challenges across the board. I've been through acquisitions, bad management/leadership, the worst morale imaginable, and other things that I've seen challenges with at SWZD over the past year or two internally, a lot of them being expressed in these reviews as cons. It is only due to the many years of prior experience in this field that has given me some very comforting perspective on these matters and I mean it when I say that these things have not once been a stressor for me in my daily work life here at SWZD. While not every company I worked to prior to this was either great or the worst, I saw a pattern of repeated mistakes across all of them that I haven't really seen at SWZD. Whether it was a lack of talent being hired, underpaying, high turnover, bad leadership, or other related mistakes, it always led to the same miserable feeling of my job feeling like a real drag and dreading over 40 hours of every single week. SWZD has had a fair share of changes since my time here and is still evolving. Personally, I think they've handled these changes very well all things considered - But most of all, I have always felt like a valued person here and have never once felt that leadership valued profits over my safety or personal priorities. This was especially evident during the worst of the pandemic and some really chaotic weather events early this year where I was most definitely struggling on a personal level and this was affecting my work mindset a lot. What brought me a lot of comfort during that time was knowing and being assured through regular communications with leadership and my team - that I wasn't alone and that I had support from my colleagues and company during a very challenging time for everyone. Leadership consistently continues to impress me and earn my trust through their honest and transparent communications to employees and that's something I've certainly never felt before in terms of leadership. I hope to work here for a long time to come and am absolutely grateful to have the opportunity to reach my career goals and work with some of the best people I've ever worked with or known.

Cons

Currently, the only thing I think could use improving overall is our hiring timeline as it seems to be pretty long. This was an issue that existed prior to acquisition as it took over 3 months for me to receive an offer from the time of my first interview. I've seen it take a similar amount of time (or even longer) to hire anyone once a role is published.

Pros

decent working pace mistakes are learned from and accepted fun culture progressive company values (Juneteenth & Election day holidays) unlimited PTO employee stock program 401K always considered employee health & safety first during coronavirus fully remote is okay

Cons

loose on structure, planning, acceptance criteria pay is at or just below (recruiters offering a bit more almost every time) no clear path to internal growth or promotion (like criteria for engineering tiers or career paths)

Pros

Solid product suite, good management and team.

Cons

Took some time to get acclimated with the merger.