Superb company, in a challenging industry - Senior Manager Web Summit Employee Review

5.0
1 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Diverse collection of smart, capable people who are constantly seeking to push boundaries together. - Ambitious little company with opportunities for growth for those that want it. - Magnificent inclusive culture, huge focus on equal opportunities for women. - Superb brand name outside of Ireland.

Cons

- The industry has been heavily impacted by the pandemic, which makes for frustrating limitations on project opportunities. The business not only survived, but thrived during these times and managed to execute an incredible conference recently, but it has nonetheless been frustrating from a live events perspective.

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1.0
14 Jun 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

the events and the people are great.

Cons

management is inexperienced. the company is in transition/growth mode and experiencing major growing pains. their track record of ending employee contracts abruptly without warning/reason/notice is insane. in the case of sales, they end all communication once you are out the door and don't pay out commissions owed (?!)

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1.0
17 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Struggling to find any, to be fair.

Cons

It's a boys club, and many of the propaganda spewed by the CEO is to use managers as tokens of diversity. Managers are ill-prepared, and will eventually push you out - no matter how well you perform. You will go far if you are a rule follower, but that's about it. The role is one of a call center - you are expected to take on 15-18 meetings a day for 20 minutes each only to be at the bottom of the company. Do not expect to be taken seriously if you are apart of the Startups team. Also, tenure in the company supersedes results.

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