Old Boys’ Club: Firing the Good, Promoting the Favorites - Anonymous employee Muck Rack Employee Review

3.0
24 Jul 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Fully remote -Good benefits (food benefit) -Global clients, so meet industry leaders -Mexico trip

Cons

There are too many issues to list because this company is going downhill fast. Muck Rack only cares about pleasing the firm that invested in them and trying to catch up to competitors, but they completely overlook their own employees. Even though they call themselves a “remote company,” all the executive roles are filled by folks from New York. They’ve totally changed the promotion structure, no chance to move up unless you’re drinking the Kool-Aid. High performance? If you’re a woman and not in NYC, good luck with that. HR is a joke; any negative feedback gets ignored, and they’ll suck up to executives to protect them from consequences. They fire people without warning, then blast the whole company an email with no chance for anyone to say goodbye. Salaries are way below the sales median, and commissions change constantly with no explanation.If you are midmarket, get used to 50% of quota being the norm here. The company culture feels more like high school than a professional environment. Long-time employees can be cliquey and unwelcoming, and some of the “OG” team members are downright rude or even bully newer hires.

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5.0
5 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Muck Rack has been, hands down, the best company I have worked for in years. The Engineering org is great - filled with smart, helpful people that are friendly and a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Health insurance isn't particularly amazing. Promotion requirements seem a bit weird, but I don't care much for titles anyways.

3.0
11 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Product is genuinely the best of it's competitors. 2. Great coworkers outside of GTM (editorial, product, engineering, talent, legal, IT) all collaborative and kind. 3. Perks are strong: stipends, travel, nice hotels, events, (insurance isn’t the best) - Company-wide culture emphasizes flexibility and remote-first support.

Cons

1. Turnover has spiked in 2025, Even long-tenured employees who consistently delivered, as if leadership turned on the very people who had contributed years of success. 2. Leadership often expected high performers to share how we managed to hit quota despite the adversity, while ignoring the valuable feedback we gave on how to make success more scalable for everyone. This disconnect led many of us to leave, even when we were otherwise on good terms. If you join the sales team, document your own successes carefully. When you move on to better opportunities, leadership may be resentful and refuse to give you credit, even if you performed well.

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