Mediaocean reviews

4.2

87% would recommend to a friend

(598 total reviews)
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Bill Wise

92% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Mediaocean has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 598 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mediaocean 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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598 reviews
5.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Pros

Well-structured onboarding process that helped me understand the company, product ecosystem, and team expectations clearly Great work culture with supportive leadership and collaborative teams. The company encourages learning and provides exposure to modern technologies and large-scale systems. Work-life balance is respected, and colleagues are approachable and helpful. Good opportunity to grow technically and professionally.

Cons

No major concerns so far.

1.0
Apr 26, 2017

Was Great - Now Awful- Dont Believe The Hype

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Depending on the team, some really great people. NYC office is in a great location.

Cons

Salary - bad benefits, crappy management that will lie to your face and act like they are doing you a favor. CEO walks around acting like he's superstar. Wants to be loved by all. Will ask you questions and has an open door policy but never listen to the answers. He just starts talking about himself. Man, he loves to talk about himself. He hires his pals for all of the open C- level positions. The people he keeps closest are the ones who yes him to death and make him feel special. One of the "leaders" he brought in a few years ago constantly says "when I knew Bill at Yahoo" so often that we're all like "yes yes we know... thanks for telling us, again". There is no growth here. Very few people actually move up. Sometimes the wrong ones do, but that happens everywhere. For new people leaving reviews saying there's growth opportunities, that's because there has been massive layoff, many rounds. So there is room when that happens but otherwise many people have been in the exact same roles for years. 5,10,15 etc without a promotion. Mediaocean was 2 competitors that merged with 2 very different cultures. Much has been replaced or more like, the culture really met in the middle. But there are people from both sides that hate the other and REFUSE to change the way they do anything. They re-org their internal structure so often, about 3 or 4 times times a year. Re-assigning teams and roles. They have a few team leaders who everyone HATES, the clients, and the MO personnel working for them. But for some reason keep those lazy, no good, do nothing, pass everything off, client ignoring account directors or SADs in place. They also blame EVERYTHING on Vista (the equity company that purchased them). You want to work from home? No you can't, Vista - a few months later, it was stated it really just depends on your manager. Vista is always their first response for motivation. Then after a change doesn't go over well the story changes.

1.0
Mar 15, 2018

Ineffective Management Team(s)

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mediaocean is essentially a monopoly of the agency side back office buying management systems after the merger of 2 companies in 2012. You will learn the industry if you are put on the right team.

Cons

Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Mediaocean n 2015. Since that point the corporate culture was radically changed from the founder's vision. Managment is ineffectual as they know how to somewhat drive "sales" to provide growth performance to VEP but many acquisitions seemed to be failures in the end. Additionally, newer senior and mid level management don't know how to build a cohesive team. Very poor moral in the company across many different teams. There are some bright spots, but they are few.

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