Moz reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(108 total reviews)

Ethan Hays

100% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Moz has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 108 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Moz 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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108 reviews
1.0
Sep 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- The company has significant revenue, has potential to be very profitable - Generous benefits - Lean in heavily on work-life balance - Parental leave policy is really awesome - 150% match for charitable donations

Cons

- First time CEO has very little software company experience - and it shows - Leadership has super short attention span on strategy - Eteam is easily flustered by new information, and is often unable to keep focus on said strategy - Continual lack of operational alignment across departments that is allowed to thrive and never addressed/resolved - Well regarded successful execs join with excitement and optimism, then leave in short order due to unrelenting challenges - "Invisible inertia" in the company ranks creates incredible friction to anyone pushing for growth

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Moz Response
6y
We appreciate you sharing this feedback, even though it is hard to hear and I wish your experience at Moz was different. We appreciate you mentioning the things that are obvious strengths. We have a culture that we continue to evolve and focus on, and incredible benefits and employee programs that recognize and support the whole person coming to work each day. We have sizable revenue and have been profitable for the past several years. We%E2%80%99re proud of how far we have come, but not satisfied. We have a lot more to do!You mentioned a couple of areas that we are working on at Moz. We are pushing for greater accountability, collaboration and focus. We have a newly formed executive team, with several new team members, including a new Vice President of Product with significant industry experience. We feel more optimistic than ever that this team will successfully drive the company forward, to produce greater results. Thanks again for sharing your feedback.
2.0
Aug 21, 2016

Good company, atrocious management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pleasant, if incompetent co workers, nice office w/ plentiful snacks and beverages, 4 weeks of vacation, professional coaching benefit, decent health insurance. TAGFEE culture is real. Good work life balance.

Cons

No other way of putting it, Moz is in terminal decline and is circling the drain. The recent mass layoff (28% of the company) while touted as 'focus' is nothing but a desperate attempt to reduce expenses to try and make it at least end of the year. The reasons are pretty simple, Moz is becoming increasingly irrelevant. It's a natural cycle all companies go through, but tech companies simply go through it faster. Moz's core business is shrinking fast and no amount of 'focus', 'reorganization to ensure better alignment' etc is going to help. Of course, it does not help that management has no real clue. While the going was good, atrocious practices like favoring a few for their loyalty rather than competence, demanding extreme accountability from some, but none at all from a favored few, blowing insane amounts of money on pie in the sky projects that 'align with the founder's vision' etc did not sink the company. Now with the core business gone, these things have poured gas on the flames. If you do decide to interview, ask them a few of these questions. 1) How much cash do they have left ? What's the burn rate. 2) How many executives (both technical and non technical) have they lost in the last two years 3) Why was the latest funding round drastically lower than the previous one ? (look up the details on their blog) 4) How many reorgs have they done in the last two years 5) How many of the companies (and products) they acquired are still with the company. 6) Also, do yourself a favor and talk to an ex employee, with the latest round of layoffs, they should be easy to find.

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Moz Response
9y
It is unfortunate, but true, that sometimes companies need to make very difficult decisions to keep the company healthy. Such was our case. We are now stable. We are growing (albeit more slowly than is our preference). And we are now funding operations and making important investments in our products and people without reliance on outside sources of cash. The layoffs in August were traumatic for everyone. We’ve been very open about the situation and worked very hard to support affected Mozzers to land in new opportunities. Through that time and even now we encourage all employees to talk to their managers and express their concerns, anxieties, and feedback, as well as their hopes and suggestions. If you haven't already we hope and encourage you to talk with your manager as well. Those conversations are vital to us all.
2.0
Aug 20, 2016

The Ship is Sinking...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My co-workers were great, the office was nice w/ plentiful snacks and beverages, catered lunch once a week and bi-weekly breakfasts, 4 weeks of vacation, professional coaching benefit, decent health insurance.

Cons

They just laid off 28% of the workforce. That should tell you something about the financial health of the company. They jump from one strategy to the next and nothing seems to work.

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