Meltwater needs a lot of help. - Sales Manager Meltwater Employee Review

Meltwater is an interesting place. Since leaving, I’ve had time to critically think about what the company could to do improve it’s reputation. I’ll start by saying that the ideas are in the right place and the toxic work environment is due to brainwashing and shielding executives at the top. In turn, nothing can be done because it’s a bunch of 20-somethings on a power trip running satellite offices trying to fake hit metrics to make bonuses. Retention at Meltwater is abysmal. Once you can fix your retention and make your current employees happy- I promise most things will fall into place. During my time at Meltwater, it was INCREDIBLY rare to find an employee who was genuinely happy and inspired by the work they were doing. Happy hours became a place to vent and complain. 1:1s with managers were inauthentic because employees were afraid of being pegged as “toxic” or “complainers.” And of course HR is nonexistent so there’s no outlet which forces people to leave and the company the function the same exact way.