Vungle Reviews
Updated Aug 27, 2020
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Pros
"Great people to work with - fun and professional" (in 11 reviews)
"There is a pretty good work life balance as well" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"My observation about certain teams is "the work life balance" - It's a bit of the nature of the beast though" (in 12 reviews)
"Fast growth naturally comes with growing pains" (in 6 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Featured ReviewHelpful (4)
"Profitable company with some good leadership"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
There is a positive and supportive culture. The company is small enough still that you can get to know people up and down the org who will listen to you. Leadership has been moving in the right product direction and think strategically very well. Sales org is strong. It shows in continued profitability and market position.
Cons
Engineering org is too top down and not innovative and it has driven away talent. Your experience will vary a lot depending on your direct manager. Without strong engineering leaders who can competently push back while also delivering, product and middle management end up with too much say on a day to day basis. This leads to prioritizing short term business whims over technical excellence and investing in a strong foundation. Some management decisions are driven by personal connections. There are technically strong people in engineering. Just make sure your team has them and your manager is technical.
- Helpful (2)
"Sales"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Everyone on the sales team genuinely wants to solve problems, grow the business, and act as a team in the process - Great leadership on the Sales team - Despite being a small company, Vungle will allow for role flexibility and career progression, if you prove your performance
Cons
There are growing pains, but I enjoy that aspect of startup life as well.
Continue reading - Helpful (11)
"Poor Company, Sluggish Work style, No actually talented team"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Vungle full-time for less than a year
Pros
Looks good initially, Culture match and technology promises
Cons
Poor management, HR handles the employee rather than Manager. Leads are fake and managers are spineless
Continue reading - Helpful (11)
"Great perks but needs new Engr Management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Vungle full-time for less than a year
Pros
Perks, office location on embarcadero, and clean/new office. Compensation Is pretty on-par with industry from my experience at least. They also have quality team events and a ritzy annual offsite trip. Great selection of snacks and drinks, as well as fresh fruit delivered. Many intelligent motivated coworkers in data science and other departments
Cons
Engineering dept is run in a strong top-down, dont ask questions fashion. Employees are not encouraged to assist other team members. It's no news that employee happiness ratings in engineering dept have dropped substantially due to certain dept specific leadership. Due to current leadership and the above mentioned reasons, I dont recommend joining the engineering department.
Continue reading "Growing fast"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Vungle full-time for less than a year
Pros
Expenses for food, gym, traveling to work
Cons
For a certain person.. make sure you understand how technical it can be
- Helpful (4)
"Culture, vision, organization"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Vungle full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good life work balance
Cons
There is no vision from engineer directors
- Helpful (7)
"Vungle Review"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time
Pros
Work life balance Benefits Office location and environment
Cons
Office politics, really bad and getting worse since 2018 Short-sighted in terms of product and technical design Uncompetitive compensation Generally has no confidence in the leadership
- Helpful (7)
"Management needs to change"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Challenging projects, benefits are good
Cons
Attrition rate at all time high. Employees not only in engineering but overall are demotivated. Very controlled atmosphere.
Continue reading - Helpful (39)
"[SF, Engineering] Core problems plague a company with real potential"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Employees are paid on time - Perks and benefits are fairly good - Filled with passionate, motivated individuals who are generally personable and contribute to a pleasant work environment - For big data and marketing, a real opportunity to work with a goldmine of data - Connections made here can be invaluable to future career prospects - Industry still has room to grow, even for smaller players
Cons
Company: - More interested in maintaining public image than acknowledging and handling actual issues - Leadership is a self-reinforcing bubble that pushes its own preconceptions of productivity rather than taking in employee feedback - Ex. to above: new office workplace, while upscale and "representative of the company's bright future" is a significant challenge to employees commuting from outside of the city - Ex. to above: an inflexibly strong stance against remote work, citing the importance of "physical visibility" - Suggestions encouraging employees to write positive reviews "to offset the bad ones on Glassdoor" highlight the company's approach to public image efforts - These issues (and the associated turnover rate) appear to hover around the SF office - other offices have many 3+ year employees, but the SF office has very few Engineering: - Openings in management are invariably external hires rather than internal promotion which recognizes the value of individuals' knowledge base and mastery of the company product - Management hires tend to be connections to existing management, reinforcing a top-down "yes man" engineering org that creates its own bubble impervious to employee feedback - Usually, the above results in teams "onboarding their manager", accentuating resentment - Projects and tasks are prioritized somewhat indiscriminately, due to a lack of sources of actual product knowledge (employees with real product knowledge have long since left due to problems with the aforementioned management) - Morale is low across the board due to a combination of the above - even as new hires come in each week, company veterans seek greener pastures
Continue reading "Software Engineer"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Vungle full-time
Pros
Constant Learning. Profitable company. Cross team collaboration. Company perks
Cons
Flexibility (No work from home). Growth Opportunities. Leadership.
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