Great team culture, but pay and promotions are lacking
Pros
You get to work with a lot of genuinely great and fun people, which makes the day-to-day experience much more enjoyable. There is also often strong support from upper management, especially when dealing with pressure from other departments.
Cons
Managing media campaigns often requires that you will be checking on your projects on most weekends. The pay does not seem to scale with the level of responsibility or impact of the work. As a programmatic trader, you will be managing millions of dollars in media spend, yet total compensation will remain well below $100K. Opportunities for promotion also seem inconsistent across teams, even for strong performers, and it does not appear that this compensation structure will change in the near term.