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Cheetah Digital

Is this your company?

It's a trap. Soaring rhetoric, toxic culture, unhappy clients, very unstable working environment, poor leadership. - Anonymous employee Cheetah Digital Employee Review

1.0
5 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice offices and office staff Good benefits

Cons

The marketing organization and leadership is painting a picture of an organization ready for the future (see 5 Star review written with a lot of capitalized words, likely written by someone in marketing), however they are not ready for the present. They are coming in hot with lots of energy and enthusiasm for middle to lower end of the pack placements in Gartner and Forrester, and are far behind some frankly complacent competition who are simply out-executing them, and figuring out new ways to compete and win while Cheetah spins their wheels. The vast majority of senior leadership have been replaced once if not twice, and the second round of removals are only making things worse. There have been multiple rounds of layoffs of critical employees in service, success, and support. This is leaving clients confused frustrated and very unclear as to what Cheetah is going to be doing for them 1 month from now, one quarter from now, or 1 year from now, and meanwhile they can't get their partners on the phone. As a result they ship around Executives to talk about road map and a bunch of other things that simply do not exist or have been on the road map for over 6-12 months. Many long-time clients are in RFP or actively looking for a new partner. Much of the remaining talent is looking for new jobs before they are let go. A huge meeting to bring the existing global business organization together was very long on rhetoric, was planned quickly to stem the bleeding, and was poorly executed, and it showed. Lots of panic at this company, leading to short-term thinking at best. I'd say the best in analogy for this company is when someone attempts to reform a band that was popular over a decade ago and they can't quite get the rhythm or the songs right. The old songs are no longer crowd-pleasers and the new songs are poorly written and rushed out the door and an attempt to find some type of new fit for a market that has left them behind. In the meantime well-capitalized startups are chewing up their business from the bottom end and very profitable marketing clouds are throwing massive investment to take the rest of the large Enterprise base from this company, and succeeding Recruiters and hiring managers might tell you this is an opportunity to get on the ground floor of something great, a "profitable startup"; it is certainly on the ground floor, but it is nothing great.

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5.0
27 Jan 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Opportunities for growth Great management (in my experience) Good pay

Cons

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3.0
22 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

We can take the holidays, un-limited paid days off (between vacation and sick leave), evaluated in case you need a LOA instead.

Cons

pay is way below average in the rest of the country (CR), if you work with a retail account get ready to work extra hours because there's usually not enough coverage after office hours and retail accounts are always late

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