Used to be an amazing place to work - Account Strategist Criteo Employee Review

3.0
Feb 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company used to be an incredible place to work with strong culture and values.

Cons

Impersonal CEO RTO policy, which has been viewed as unnecessary and used to tighten control over employees It used to be about employees first, but with current business headwinds (mostly created by poor decision making and lack of forward thinking initiative by senior leadership), Criteo has undergone massive layoffs on the Retail Media side of the business and the employees who've been with the company for a long time are affected.

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Criteo Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing your experience openly. From top leadership to individual contributors, we all share the same responsibility to build long-term success for our company and everyone in it. Every decision we make is taken with our future and organizational health in mind. The decision to redefine our approach to work and business follows those same steps. At Criteo, performance comes from trust and that's why, while encouraging in-person connections, we trust all employees to manage their time, energy, and schedule how they see fit. By blending flexible options with office presence, we don't intend to step back but rather to foster a work culture that takes the best out of both approaches. We are grateful for your contribution and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great environment, great people to work with

Cons

Need to go back to office

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Criteo Response
4d
We're thrilled to receive such positive feedback and to know that you've found a place where you can grow and thrive at Criteo. Thank you for sharing and for your trust all these years. It's great to have you on the team!
2.0
Jan 31, 2026
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Pros

Smart, hardworking people at the individual contributor level (many of whom are now gone). Little micro-managing, but that’s because everyone’s bandwidth is near 0

Cons

Post–new CEO, the company has descended into complete chaos. There is no transparency around decisions that impact teams and roles. There have been consistent strategy, personnel, and supplier changes with no explanation, accountability, or follow-through. Cons, continued: Employee input and performance do not matter. Decisions feel driven by appeasing BoD and optics rather than results, input and reality. The culture has become a corporate hellscape of: Endless reorganizations with no clear rationale, including layoffs with no reasoning Vague all-hands meetings that avoid real issues, even when directly asked A massive disconnect between the C-suite and day-to-day reality Eroded trust and growing position insecurity Middle managers incentivized to prioritize managing up & executive optics over team advocacy “Return to Office” policy put in place when promised a “Work from Anywhere” position, where the RTO policy differs across employees’ location Little to no growth opportunities despite high performance Under-market average compensation that was justified by locale, “Work from Anywhere”, and flexibility — which was recently rolled back A clear favoritism to those that “talk the talk” vs “performance with numbers”

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