If you are in the US, you don't want to work here. - werkgeversreview Sales bij Hawk

1,0
28 mrt 2018
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

The one nice thing I can say: The team that puts together the creative demos is generally very good and responsive.

Minpunten

If you are in sales and in the US, you don't want to work here for the many following reasons: - Regional sales leads - they will tell you you can hire a team, and then you will immediately not be allowed to. In fact, they are unrealistic about any role that comes on board. Every person on the US team in 2017, felt duped and lied to about their role. - Bonuses - they will tell you will be paid your first quarter bonus, and then they won't pay that to you (or any team member). - Sales goals are never rolled out. - Expectations are never set regarding any kind of imaginable expense policy, travel policy or HR policy. Out of the blue, you will not be be able to get swag, travel to see clients, and they will threaten to not pay cell phone bills - The founding team is terrible - they are immature, first time founders, who will treat you dismissively (when you bring in tests), ask you to lie about reporting to clients, and never give you a goal, but still put immense pressure on you because you are not doing "good enough" (which is then never defined). - You will not be able to have open an transparent relationships with your clients, as the founding team is terrified of the thought of some clients peeking behind the curtain. They will get angry at you if you invite the creative director of a global holding company, because they do not want the creative director asking questions or becoming involved in any way, because they are afraid the creative director will uncover all the flaws in the platform, and find out some of their shadier business practices. This business would be difficult enough to launch in the US on it's own (as the mobile DSP market is saturated, and the platform does not have enough data partnerships, and the creative component isn't compelling enough, unless the client is brand new to media), however with a founding team like this, I cannot imagine it would be possible to get any revenue in the door. They will tell you what you want to hear, but then they will do nothing, or they will do the opposite. They haven't even fixed the broken English that is on their website, that we've been calling out the whole time we were employed. Perhaps they learned their lesson from the first time they tried to open the US in mid-2017 (and scrapped all full-time employees 8 months later - a very expensive, ill-advised decision), however with a leadership team this willing to mislead, secretive, and full-of themselves......it probably will not go well for anyone starting with this company.

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As the EMEA leader in the mobile DSP market, with the most advanced product, we clearly do not recognize our company in this description, especially from someone who should be more upset about under performing his sales goals and showing poor management skills

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2,0
4 dec 2017
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Great people to work with as far as the France, DE, UK and Chicago offices go. As the US offices are 99% sales, You will get plenty of experience owning all departments outside of sales, AdOps, Account management, TAM, Creative, Testing, Product, Yield management, Client on-boarding/training and Sales demos.

Minpunten

The Job description and offer letter were both misleading and dishonest in certain key areas. If you are being hired as an Ops manager, I would suggest asking for clarification of your day to day responsibilities. You might be asked to handle tasks that are traditionally outside of the AdOps skill set and contradict the job description and offer letter. Make sure that you can handle being managed by a sales team that doesn't always understand what they're asking for, listen to feedback or appreciate how long a task should take and what it takes to get done. The offer letter stated that the quarterly bonuses were tied to overall company performance, yet no bonuses were given because they were actually tied to the sales of the US team.

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5,0
30 apr 2019
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

- Trust & respect from colleagues - Dynamic working environment - Opportunities for growth and learning - Constant development to products

Minpunten

Not really applicable. An all round fun place to work

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