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      4.0

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (83 total reviews)
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      Pearl Collings

      90% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Culture and values

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      Contently has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 83 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Contently employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      83 reviews
      1.0
      20 Nov 2019

      Cronyism and unprofessional behavior

      Content services
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - If you pander to the right higher ups, you can move through the company very quickly, even if you are incredibly incompetent. - If you are aggressive enough and well-liked enough, you can carve out your own role at the company and add great resume points. This only works if you maneuver very carefully and don't make certain insecure employees in leadership positions feel threatened by your competence. - The hours here are great - you can arrive at work between 9:30-10 and leave between 5-5:30 and no one will blink an eye. - If you're tight with your manager, the unlimited PTO is great. If your manager doesn't like you, prepare to make a case for every single day you request off and get shamed and publicly questioned over sensitive topics like sick days and bereavement.

      Cons

      - If you share candid feedback with the wrong people in leadership, you will feel negative repercussions and possibly even get pushed out of the company. - Massive talent churn issues - the company was over 100 people when I started and is now under 40. People are leaving because the company has underperformed for years now, and the leadership is incompetent and hostile. There's basically no hope of selling at this point, their finances are in shambles. Forget the stock options, their stock is worthless. - MAJOR issues with cronyism where you're only promoted if you're "in" with the right group of people. This has built an incredibly toxic culture where incompetent people have been promoted to director and VP positions without the relevant experience. - Recently they've started to "ask people to leave" instead of laying them off and paying them proper severance. Then, the CEO complains that employees are "gossiping" when those being pushed out reach out to their networks asking for job opportunities, and word invariably gets out about what happened. Rumor is that Contently is having major cash flow issues and doesn't want to pay severance and unemployment for those being laid off. Either way, it's tacky, embarrassing, and probably illegal. - Disgustingly unprofessional management. VPs sleeping with Directors (everyone knows, by the way, and it's embarrassing), horrible treatment of employees who speak up (HR is of no use, even when managers become verbally abusive), and general gaslighting and finger pointing when things go wrong. - Employees can get pushed out for "not being a culture fit" despite making above and beyond performance quotas. If you are not perfect, cookie cutter, submissive and naively optimistic, you probably should stay away from this company. - Raises were a joke - something like $3000 extra a year was considered a big deal. Getting your commission from them can be an absolute nightmare, and they've defrauded sales people by laying them off and not paying their commission. They attempted to withhold Q3 commission from Accounts this year and only relented when they all threatened to quit. Doesn't matter because they all quit anyways. Engineer/developer salaries are 50-100% below market rate.

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      Contently Response
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      We are committed to fostering a positive and productive environment for all our employees, so we’re disheartened to hear that you had a negative experience at Contently. For the sake of transparency, we’d like to address some of the comments and misrepresentations in this review. In terms of compensation, we work hard to be competitive and in line with key industry leaders and have a consistent review period in which salary increases and promotions are considered on a fair and unbiased merit-based system. We often promote from within, giving opportunities to our rising stars. We’re very proud of how several of them have performed this year in new leadership roles. Additionally, we believe in open communication in our organization and strongly encourage our employees to discuss any concerns to their managers and HR. Attrition is inevitable at any tech startup, particularly when you bring on a new CEO. We’re happy that we’ve created a high-growth environment for our employees, and that many of them have gone on to start successful companies or take on leadership roles elsewhere. The attrition numbers in this review are inaccurate, but nonetheless, we’re very pleased with the team at Contently, and we’re excited to be hiring across the company going into 2020.
      2.0
      15 May 2019

      Potential Sinking Ship Situation

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      -A lot of amazing people!!!! I've made some great friends here. -Moving to a new, fresh office. -Strong client logo list

      Cons

      -2 layoffs have occurred since January. Remaining employees have been left to pick up the pieces and as a result are strapped for resources. London office closed. -New VP has infiltrated and makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable via her brazen and crass nature; the founders seem to have handed the company over to her -Low morale -We're lacking the tools to truly get our jobs done; HR is useless -Lack of upward growth -Platform hasn't been updated in years and as a result, looks and feels very outdated. Could benefit from a lot of updates but the dev team is lean and so is money -Computers are old -Company isn't doing well financially, hence the layoffs.

      1.0
      13 Aug 2019

      Stay away from this train-wreck of a company

      Sales and marketing associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      My colleagues on the front lines are wonderful and free weekly lunches,..that's about it

      Cons

      Honestly, don't know where to begin,... It's really difficult to wave goodbye to a contrant stream of colleagues leaving the company, either via layoffs or finding better opportunities at stronger companies. During the past year and a half, there has been a churn of over 60-70 employees. (almost 75-80% of the company!!) During this same period, the ENTIRE leadership is gone. Only one VP remains from when I started, while 8 others have been laid off or took off. This is to be expected when KARMA weighs in... When a leadership team remains distant, aloof, and detached from its employees, you get what you deserve. In an open floor work environment, the leadership is never to be found. ADVICE to prospective applicants: I debated long and hard on whether to write this review, but it pains me to see everyone lament this career "misstep". If I can save someone from making the mistake I made, then I'll take comfort in steering someone away from a dead-end workplace. Turn and run away.

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