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Updated Jan 10, 2023
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- "profile managers are acting selfishly and to the detriment of their teams, while the soft" (in 11 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great company
Dec 1, 2022 - Senior Trading Specialist in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Awesome culture, coworkers are smart and collaborative, the work constantly changes and you learn a ton, excellent ESPP program
Cons
growth comes with growing pains… sometimes mid-level new hires are under-qualified and/or don’t jive with the culture (but usually realize it and leave), career growth can be ambiguous as org charts evolve
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Good health insurance, snacks in office, a lot of fun event.
Cons
Company recently hired a lot of new people and whenever there is difficult in one particular area, they either high a new person to cover it or recommend to re-org. This caused a lot of confusion and frustration among the employees because people don’t know what to do. There are new leaders coming from other local small firms, had no idea what is everyone doing, but still try to play “boss”, which caused additional administrative work that adds no value. Upper management does nothing to fix the problem, other than just want a stable team. Because of the large amount of new hires, the original friendly freedom culture is diluted. It is now more “Corporate “ like. People are told not to ask out of scope questions, don’t act too fast without proper guidance and etc. There had been talks about try to achieve work-life-balance, but there is also clear requirement that you need to make timely deliverables no matter what ( including canceling vacations). It is a conflict thing, but upper management calls it “ listen to employees’ voice”. Overall, this place is getting disappointing and bureaucratic, you don’t need to be smart and proactive and opinionated, you only need to smile, obey the order and follow “the big picture vision”. Had it not for the stocks, a lot of the talented people would have left already. A lot of the senior person remain quiet now and are waiting for their sabbatical leaves and plan for the great “exit”
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Poor Career Choice
Dec 8, 2022 - Sr Staff Software Engineer in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great pay, good benefits, nice office
Cons
A lot of organizational churn and poor technical decisions due to inexperience. Nice people, but incompetence leads to a lot of churn due to indecisiveness. I have been with the company a bit over a year and have seen 3 re-orgs in my team alone. As a senior member, I had to constantly deal with false promises which is a bit exhausting. Ultimately, I am pretty disappointed with this career choice.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great Company; Frustrating Office Experience
Sep 12, 2022 - Finance in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great company overall. Excellent benefits packages in all areas. Pay levels near average most likely, though perhaps above average.
Cons
Company has recently required employees to be in person 3 days a week. When working from home was an option, that was chosen by big majority and so it is clear that most employees are disappointed with this requirement. Biggest problem is the open office floor plan. Very noisy at times and very little personal space. At times good for socializing but not productive for work.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
best job ive ever had
Nov 15, 2022 - Trading Analyst in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
good pay, good people, good balance
Cons
3 days in office per week
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Nice people, casual environment, good pay
Cons
Boring work, sort of corny culture
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
My Dream Company
Oct 21, 2022 - Business Intelligence Analyst II in Irvine, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
This company has the best culture and amazing benefits! There is great work life balance and competitive salary. I am truly proud to work here.
Cons
Still pretty new and have not found any cons.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Best place to work
Sep 22, 2022 - Data Scientist in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The company has great culture. Though it's my first job I don't have other comparison, I love it very much!
Cons
Lack of detailed documentations for engineering team because the company has grown so fast recently.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Incredible culture and best in class technology
Jul 6, 2022 - General Manager in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Strong commitment to making employees feel heard and taken care of. - Insane benefits, free healthcare and an opportunity to buy into an ESPP - Ability to learn and grow with a company that's shaping the industry. Jeff Green is such a visionary, and is truly leading the way for a more open and honest internet. - Incredible engineering team, the technology and product are what make this company great as well as it's people.
Cons
- some growing pains, but what company doesn't have them...
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great Culture and Benefits
Apr 25, 2022 - Engineer in Boulder, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Excellent culture where people are, on the whole, genuine and caring - Mangers care about your career growth - Fun problems to solve and easy to make an big impact with your work - Great work/life balance. Long hours are rarely required - Leadership is responsive to feedback and welcomes critical questions - Company still has a lot of room to grow - ESPP program is very generous - Company-wide “Palooza” events are a great time - Compensation is competitive (especially after recent adjustments) - CEO has a good vision for the company
Cons
- Though still excellent, culture has grown slightly more “corporate” over the last couple of years - People who aren’t great at management are sometimes moved into management roles - There are a handful of overbearing individuals in leadership - From what I’ve heard, some other orgs are less good to work in, but I’m speaking purely from my experience in Engineering
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The Trade Desk has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 379 reviews left anonymously by employees. 72% of employees would recommend working at The Trade Desk to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.
72% of The Trade Desk employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated The Trade Desk 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
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