Incompetent management - Marketing Optimizely Employee Review

1.0
26 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some nice co-workers.

Cons

The marketing management has no clue about marketing, lack of strategy and focus . The management team also having favorites, all based in the US. Only they are getting promotions.

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Optimizely Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for your contributions during your time at Optimizely. We’re glad to hear that you had positive experiences with your colleagues. It is unfortunate that you did not see a clear strategy and focus. We can assure you that there is a clear strategy and priorities mapped out. We understand your feedback on location of promotions. We will review as we come into our annual promotion cycle to ensure fair and adequate opportunities across all teams. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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Cons

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Optimizely Response
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Cons

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