Tapad reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)
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Mark Connon

68% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Tapad has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tapad 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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76 reviews
1.0
Aug 29, 2017

Disappointing Career Move

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best reason to work at Tapad is the salary and benefits.

Cons

When employees share photos of the Titanic when discussing the company trajectory, there are more "cons" than "pros" to be sure. Below, a few highlights (lowlights): 1) I fully agree with the other reviews on here that call out the sexism across the company. More and more women are fleeing the company each week, feeling their only option is to leave, rather than subject themselves to further humiliation from their male peers. Sexist behavior is sanctioned by both human resources and the executive team. From leading women in the company not being considered for key management positions to men who have had complaints filed against them being rewarded with promotions and salary increases, the company culture is worse than a boys' club, as the inequitable treatment is acknowledged at every level of the company and not only ignored, but championed. 2) At one time, Tapad had a competitive, innovative product. That time has long gone and short-term thinking rules the day. There is no corporate vision and no leadership willing to make decisions towards progress. Everyone is made to prioritize turning a dollar into a dollar twenty-five instead of spending time working on long-term investments with strategies rooted in industry needs. 3) If you are not on the sales team, your work will not be acknowledged, much less rewarded. Executives and team leaders fall all over themselves congratulating the sales team for simply showing up and doing their jobs. Anyone else who makes the effort to roll up their sleeves and bring something to the table is either roadblocked, demoralized, or underfunded. 4) They are bandaging so many bullet wounds that nothing can operate correctly. Entire departments are without leadership or budget, lines of reporting are unclear, and there is no accountability, goals, or metrics that can point to success.

1.0
Nov 16, 2018

Organizational Mess

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Talented engineers. (The minimum to post pros is five words. Since I had only two, here are more.)

Cons

Upper management lacks direction, vision, and proper experience. This has lead to poor project and product management and poorly implemented solutions that lead to a host of fires that have to be constantly put out. Worse yet, the management team has managed to ruin the best thing about Tapad -- their talented workers -- by destroying morale with a lack of recognition and reward for the people working hard for the company even as they put out fires and pull together solutions under tough circumstances.

1.0
Aug 29, 2018
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Pros

- Greats snacks and Monday Breakfast - Holiday parties - Strong Engineering staff

Cons

- Favoritism. Don't expect to move up based on your own merit. Tapad only promotes a select few people based on if you are from the parent company (Telenor) - Loss of company culture. Tapad used to be filled with warm faces and ambitious goals, but now everyone bonds over the poor prospects of the company (misery loves company) - Leaders of the Tapad don't have the experience or know which direction to steer the company to, and it shows - Non existent training program. You learn on the go. Sink or swim. If you sink, management is sure to push you out. If you swim, management is sure to take advantage of you/work you to the bone. - Tapad is a huge gossip mill with no transparency into anything

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Tapad Response
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Thank you for your feedback. Over the past year, we have introduced a structured approach to our employee promotion process. We promoted 10 employees across various departments on the business side and 13 employees on the tech side of our organization with more to come before the end of the year. Out of these promotions and the remaining promotions, only 1 of these employees is a former Telenor employee. We believe strongly in promoting from within and will continue to do so in order to retain top talent and recognize our high performers. We have made great strides to enhance our company culture through our core beliefs and employee recognition initiatives. Part of this includes our newly introduced e-learning training programs and we are currently in the process of building out a management training program. Both of these programs will provide employees with the tools and resources to improve their performance and grow within the company. In regards to transparency, we recognize there is always room for improvement. We hold an all hands meeting every 6 weeks to report to the whole team how we are progressing towards our company objectives, which also includes financial updates from our CFO. Most recently we added a way for employees to send in anonymous questions to ensure there are ample opportunities for complete transparency prior to our company-wide meetings. In addition, we are kicking off a bi-monthly stand-up meeting this week to add an additional layer of transparency. All objectives are listed on our internal team portal and include live progress updates for all employees to view. As we continue to grow, we work to enhance our culture and make sure all employees feel recognized and respected. We appreciate you addressing your concerns and we will continue working towards filling gaps where they exist.
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