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      Meltwater

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      Meltwater reviews

      3.5

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (1,613 total reviews)
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      John Box

      70% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      Meltwater has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,613 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meltwater employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 11, 2020

      Avoid at all costs

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people you work with are friendly

      Cons

      I don’t even know where to begin... they will try to sell you on the “fun, young” culture to cover up how bad the actual job is. You are expected to work extremely long hours and prospecting of clients is expected to be done outside of work and on weekends. This company burns relationships with clients because of their sales tactics. This job can be extremely degrading at times; you are nothing but a number to this company and there is a ton of criticism. I would avoid working here at all costs.

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      Meltwater Response
      6y
      I'm sorry for your experience and your view on your job experience. What you have described regarding ethics is not consistent with our values and is not representative of the company as a whole. Respect is one of our core values and we take that really seriously. If you’ve experienced anything contrary to our values please let us know at hr.americas@meltwater.com.
      2.0
      Dec 7, 2019

      I will look back at this job and laugh.

      Customer success
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have honestly met some of my best friends through Meltwater. There are cool events (where alcohol is typically enforced) and you get to expense a lot of things. The people are young and mostly cool enough to get along with.

      Cons

      You're expected to put in more work than you are paid to do, and you are not compensated fairly considering the amount of tech/customer success jobs out there. You can make nearly double anywhere else for the same amount of work. Management expects you to care enough about hitting your targets without fair compensation? Lol. If you are early or late to work, you are judged by your management. Don't even get me started on monthly quotas/targets. The "culture" is enforced as a way to get people to drink the kool aid. Management intimidates you in order to make you work hard to hit targets, but the fact of the matter is no clients wants to spend extra money on this part of their business. I've had people ask me for recommendations or help with interviews, and I have straight up told them - you don't want to work here.

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      Meltwater Response
      6y
      Thanks for your feedback. Culture is something we highly value and glad to hear you saw that represented day to day and met some of your closest friends here. We are always looking to better develop and support our employees, including our management layer, and we put a lot of time and resources into training managers who can lead by example. That being said we're always looking to improve in these areas, so thank you for your feedback.
      2.0
      Sep 23, 2019

      Don't trust

      Sales consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The best way to learn sales I've come across, point blank. From Month 1, you are hit with a quota and the only realistic way to hit it is to jump in with both feet, listen to what your managers are telling you, and work your butt off. If you want to start a career in sales, this is a great place to get your feet wet. The majority of coworkers are the most fantastic people I've ever met.

      Cons

      Where to begin. First off, review Meltwater's responses to most of these reviews. Templated with zero thought or compassion towards their former employees. Management is filled with people who have never had another job outside of Meltwater, resulting in unrealistic expectations of an industry that is BEYOND saturated. They treat their employees like children and, despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews by former employees, seem to have no intention on changing. Also--many of these reviews were written by young employees that were coerced by management to write 5 star reviews with the promise of a good lead or a gift card for coffee. The only in-depth and thought out reviews on here? Negative. That should tell you something.

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      Meltwater Response
      6y
      Thanks so much for your feedback. It's really great to hear that Meltwater was a great place to start your sales career. We've tried & tested our sales methodology over the past 15 years, and the result is the in-depth training you've described. People are also centric to everything we do at Meltwater. People are centric to everything we do at Meltwater, and we promote based on leadership potential and commitment to our core values. We appreciate your feedback and thanks for the review.
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