TubeMogul Reviews

The most toxic and demoralizing place I've ever worked. TubeMogul is beset on all sides by micromanagement, an inability to plan even small tasks, corrosive personalities, and institutional favoritism. I also don't think the communication (between teams, inside of teams, it's doesn't matter) could be any worse if it were someone's absolute goal. Projects for second quarter, for example, were given out halfway through the first quarter. Then, two weeks later, people acted surprised when things were not further along. Everything rolls downhill at TM. Expect to be thrown under the bus at a senior employee's leisure. There's also an air of "CYA" going on with most processes. For example, managers and project managers will often comment on issues/tickets about which they know nothing (and have not followed even once) the day before a big meeting just so they can say they are on top of it. There are also some seriously alarming technical issues at this company, such as with their cloud provider. Major parts of that platform are implemented completely incorrectly. Nobody cares about implementing architecture correctly (for example, avoiding single points of failure). Instead, they want it quickly and cheaply -- no matter what. I also observed a lot of trouble getting things done. Even when prompted by management to do something, such as open a trouble ticket, the next day nothing would be done because the manager had gone to the ticket's assignee and told them not to do it (without telling me...or telling me why). I am not sure how they expect to get anything done if they cannot even communicate the simple things like this. Indecision seemed rife in everything we did. A lot of this is because people seemed to have entirely too much going at once. That is to say, I am used to being overloaded, but not consistently like at TM. I probably had 3 times more work assigned to me than I could do in the time frame...and that didn't even count the backlog of things I inherited. If you hate meetings that drone on with little done or said of consequence, you might not want to work here. (Or, if you just want people to show up to meetings they scheduled -- never-mind on time -- also not a good fit.) You might think all of this is the sum of its parts and comes out to "growing pains". However, while I think that may have been true at one time, I think the current environment more accurately reflects the bad habits that come to define the below-standard environment and tools. The industry status quo -- even at its most basic -- seems to be unattainable at TubeMogul. If you work here, especially on the technical side, be prepared to sit in meetings most of the time. When you're not going that, you'll be focused almost exclusively on putting out fires and dealing with emergencies. Just be prepared for the fact that most of them are a direct result of their shortcomings: bad (or no) communication, bad architecture, bad (or no) documentation, or just employees with weak skills (or who don't do well under pressure). I have worked some crappy jobs before, but never a place where I *dreaded* going to work. Or going home. Or being on call. I was never happier than when I left TubeMogul. I am sure other people have had great experiences, but that did not seem to be the case with people I know/knew at TubeMogul. Most people seemed miserable, and many were open about their job hunting. Parking is also sort of famously egregious.

Before I jump into Cons, a little background from inside the Company and how it relates to the other comments within this thread: 1. Every comment you read that is 3 stars or below is very accurate 2. The comments you read that are positive are due to the following: a. Tubemogul encourages new hires to post on Glassdoor during orientation b. HR frequently visits Glassdoor and posts catchy slogans such as “Go Big of Go Home”, “Work Hard, Play Harder” or “Great Potential…”. The Cons: 1. Work life balance a. To succeed here, you need to eat/sleep/breathe Tubumogul b. Prepare to lose your significant other and have a relationship with someone at work since you will be seeing them for 14 hours a day only to have them leave 6 months later (average length of employment at Tubemogul) c. Deadlines aren’t reasonable i. I once had 6 hours’ worth of meetings with management only for them to ask me about a project I was working on and expectations that I stay as late as it took for me to finish it three days ahead of schedule d. You are expected to work weekends 2. Management a. Tubemogul has a broken system as it deals with management i. Most managers have been there for many years. In doing so, many do a rather brilliant job delegating work so they can work a 9-5 while their subordinates slave over the insane amount of work ii. When management spots do open, Tubemogul normally does not promote Leads to Management. They hire outside individuals iii. Managers who attempt to “fight they system” to make changes to the philosophy are put on PIPs and let go shortly after 3. Career Growth a. Simply put, there is none (aside from engineers who run the Company). It’s very much a “next man up” attitude as it deals with jobs. i. Account managers are over loaded and are often bashed by their managers which prevents them from moving up the ladder ii. No one knows what HR does but I have yet to see someone from within get promoted iii. Accounting and Finance are the individuals I truly feel bad for. Unless you’re the Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller or Controller, you’re not gaining skills that can transferable at a senior level. The majority of them spend their days in Netsuite trying to format the data or on an excel schedule trying to make it balance with the General Ledger. The others who have senior/lead titles would be demoted to a staff level if they went to another Company.