The Trade Desk Reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(629 total reviews)
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Jeff Green

71% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

The Trade Desk has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 629 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Trade Desk 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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629 reviews
1.0
5 Jan 2024

Avoid TTD if you want to have career growth

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Pros

Good salary package and perks but that's the reason the management thinks they own you. The annual salary increase is very minor.

Cons

- No value for new opinions and voices. If you value customers and the impact you like to have, don’t go near TTD. - Micromanagement at any level. Jeff controls everything and doesn't give authority even to middle managers at the bottom of the organisational hierarchy. So, you can’t really change anything at TTD, whoever tried, they ended up being fired. - Toxic Culture - Lack of diversity - No value for women in leadership and tech

1.0
9 Nov 2018

Great perks, but passively controlling

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Pros

The perks of working at The Trade Desk are great. While we’re not as big as Google and Facebook, you still get free lunches twice a week, attend the annual conference in LA, go to cool events and there’s plenty of snacks in the kitchen. Ever since I’ve started working here, I think I’ve gained a pound or ten.

Cons

Ever since The Trade Desk became publicly listed in the last two years, the focus on making more revenue has become more apparent. Now there’s nothing wrong in making more point, that is a main point whenever you start a business – but I feel that workers have become overworked due to the aggressive targets that need to be met. To top it off, there are times I want to question the decisions that senior managers make at times. However, I don’t voice them as I don’t want to be on the wrong end of the stick as well. There’s also a cliquey culture that’s becoming more evident as well, and often these people get promoted and other people in the team become overlooked as a result of this. The team dinners and events are great, but I feel like I'm forced to attend these events because if I don't go, it looks like I don't want to be part of a team. One time, I couldn't attend an event for a personal reason and I was asked a couple of times if I could reschedule it to another time. To get this person off my back, I rescheduled my appointment to accomodate this - but again, it felt like I was forced to go to the event. In fact, I feel like I see my colleagues more than I see my friends and family.

2.0
10 Dec 2023

Was great

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Pros

Smart people to work with Good salary and perks

Cons

There’s been secret layoff and the upper level management is hiding it Bad culture now

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