Great people, disillusioned leadership.
Pros
Be careful if you have applied or looking to apply for the jobs listed here! They are posting jobs under News Distribution Network because their current company name 'Inform' has a 1.1 on Glassdoor. Seriously doubt this is a mistake since they claimed the other profile to attempt to remove reviews and they have been Inform since August 2015. That being said there are a few perks, but they are drastically out weighted by the cons. They do have office snacks on deck and some pretty cool people. They give the opportunities to really grow personally and understand what not to do in your next role. It can definitely help as a stepping stone to increase your base salary while looking for a role you really want. At first it will look like your normal start up, but then you will start to notice the cracks in the wall that run all the way to the foundation. Summary - Great snacks - Great people - Decent benefits (paid for by company) - Market competitive salary
Cons
Ok this applies only to the department's that aren't ad sales. Ad sales runs this company and they definitely know it, attacking like the bullies on the grade school playground. They focus primarily on the money they can drain from the company and not about growing the company and pushing it into the future. Which is really sad because the concept of helping monetize online video is something that is needed for the clients they serve. There is so much more wrong with the ad sales division, but there is no reason to beat a dead horse. Now onto the company as a whole. It's lost because it doesn't know what it wants to be, a video platform or an ad agency. The ONE person making the decisions and driving the company is delusional stating, "it's not the what, but the why". He is convinced that it doesn't matter how awful the product is, as long as the story behind it is good. This is the reason they have lost 100+ employees in the last 2 years. With most of the people that left moving into leadership roles across multiple industries (media, television, healthcare, and finance). Their product is about 2 years behind the industry and their story is from 2008. The people that have been put in leadership positions at Inform, that haven't left our been fired (because they knew too much), are driving clients away because they continue to lie. To lie about revenue projections, product improvements, and the ability to monetize 100% of the video on a client's website. This has forced a culture of continued deception that just adds lie after lie to cover up the truth: they have no intention of doing anything that will stop or hinder the money going into the ad sales pockets. This includes fixing their aged out-of-date products and monetizing video on non 'premium' (defined by ad sales) sites. Summary - Delusional leadership - No work/life balance - Hostile work environment - Ad sales focused - Frustrating business practices - Unethical processes/procedures
