Taboola reviews

4.2

87% would recommend to a friend

(936 total reviews)
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Adam Singolda

88% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Taboola has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 936 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Taboola employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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936 reviews
1.0
Sep 21, 2017

Company you may NOT like......

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Pros

1. Fully stacked kitchen and new office 2. Brand awareness: everyone knows Taboola because it is everywhere on the web

Cons

1. Culture: very cliquey overall. Executives are all Israelis - they only speak Hebrew in the office. 2. Unclear career progression within the company: managers have no idea how to guide the employees on career progression. Company does not have any structure around this, even the HR. People are concerned about what is next for them. 3. Salary: not at all market competitive. Most people are unhappy with what they make. 4. Inexperienced managers - not enough management trainings are provided to managers so lot of the times they don't know how to "manage" people.

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Taboola Response
8y
We appreciate the time you took to write this review. It’s true that Taboola has many Israelis in leadership, however not all of our executives are from Israel (about two-thirds are, currently.) We do want to make sure we’re inclusive, and speaking Hebrew around an English speaking office might be undermining that intent and we will use this opportunity to reinforce this message. Providing a clearer career path is a big goal for us, and we’ll continue working to make choices available to employees interested in taking on new challenges, adding more skills and experience. While we believe we have done a good job promoting existing employees to management positions, we do agree it is a challenge as we keep growing at the current pace. The HR team is working to develop a management training plan for all first-time managers as well as advanced and ongoing training for current managers. Thanks again for sharing this feedback, it helps us become better. We wish you the best of luck in your next endeavor.
2.0
Jun 27, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of free food There is a great office culture, but mostly for newer employees. The company has a great base of talent from years ago when perspective candidates were well vetted. The product is doing well and has great long term viability. The CEO is passionate about the business and industry

Cons

There is zero female presence in the higher ranks, and the few females who move up do it by knowing their role. The company has grown very quickly, and to meet the needs, the quality of new talent has dropped severely. Good talent is leaving and being replaced by friends of friends and people who come in late, play ping pong all day or goof off on FB, and then leave early. HR is unhelpful and you will get blackballed for voicing your concerns. The idea is that Taboola is the "Google of Israel" and you should feel lucky to be part of the company. There is rampant favoritism. If you want to get a new position in the company, you need to fight and scratch, but if you're Israeli, you just ask for it, and you'll get it. Company refuses to IPO and openly mocks the question every time it's asked. Zero diversity above the entry level positions. Three years ago, this company was worthwhile, but at this point if you're a hard, passionate worker looking to do something amazing, go elsewhere.

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Taboola Response
6y
Thanks for taking the time to write this review and I’m happy to hear that you appreciate the culture we work hard to cultivate and our passion about the Taboola product, business and industry. In regards to your comment on gender equality, we just hired our 7th female Country Manager and we are proud of our female VPs. We’re continuously working to improve gender equality in the company and have several programs for gender equality and empowerment in the works. Your feedback regarding the quality of our new hires is highly valuable and we take this seriously to help improve our hiring processes. We hope you shared this feedback when you were still with the company - with your managers in the quarterly feedback touchpoints and with your HR representative. It’s true that part of our culture is the ability to speak up and take ownership above and beyond your role, and this is something that we take into consideration when looking at internal mobility and career growth of our employees. We realize that there is a gap in communicating these internal success stories to our employees and are working to improve this so that our employees all over the globe are aware of the many career growth opportunities and the many success stories of Taboolars who have been promoted from APAC, EMEA, US and LATAM. Finally, the question of an IPO is one that remains to be decided by Management in the future and depends on many considerations. As you know, from attending the quarterly updates when you were with the company, as well as the annual SKO, both Adam our CEO and Eldad our COO are asked this question continuously and do their best to respond seriously and to the point. We wish you the best of luck in your next role.
1.0
May 9, 2020

It looks nice but...

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Pros

- Free food - Nice office

Cons

- Fast track to get promoted if you're Israeli - Kleenex culture. They fired many people with no reason - You have to be available 24/7 for your clients and managers

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