Ranker Employee Reviews

Laid off some of their highest performing editors and writers via Zoom after a few months of declining traffic with zero attempts to course correct. Terrible upper management and criminally underpaid across the board. Do not work here.

Laid off ~15% of the company when struggling for cash after several booming years during the pandemic, but still maintains that they should keep a giant office nobody uses because 99% of employees have switched to fully remote. Trash company.

I really enjoy my job at Ranker. The product is great and I LOVE my team. We're seeing huge growth and it's not slowing down. My manager is really supportive but allows me to be autonomous.

true start-up growth vibe. love being in a room of people smarter than me. ranker is a leader in their space. thankful to be here.

C-suite execs need to touch grass and remember that actual people work for their website. Every editor and senior writer on the creative side needs to get out of there asap.

all are SMEs and leaders with proven track records @ other start-ups to big brand fortune companies. collaborative ELT.

leadership team has improved as company has grown. there was a clearly overburdened and perhaps under qualified leader running 2 departments at once during a major growth period. this has since changed and there is better management, process, and much needed training now.

Leadership is data-driven and down to earth

no red tape, you can get quick answers, and they seem to genuinely care and be hands-on

What leadership? Those at senior level must have been there when company started, not hired on management skills. Everyone is anti-social and passive-aggressive. Job duties are not assigned based on skill-level; supervisors point out failings but don't offer help or clarity around expectations.

equity. high percentile in benchmarked salaries for my role. competitive!

Straightforward salary plus stock options

it's fair and goal oriented

stock options as well as salary

Criminally low wages across the board for a company based in Los Angeles.

Content team mostly hires entry-level to do mid-level work in order to pay them less. Some employees are salaried, some hourly. Job titles have vastly disparate duties and pay. 5 days vacation first year and a culture that promotes 10-hr days and no work from home.

My team is very productive and always willing to help you.

ranker R O C K S !

Everyone is empowered to speak their mind. There had been a previous manager who didn't accomodate that but he is no longer running dept.

we don't have excess meetings; there aren't any egomaniacs

Coworkers are the best part of the company. Really intelligent, awesome people working super hard. Unfortunately, team building is inherently not a part of the work culture. Inter-departmental mingling is difficult with a quarterly happy hour being a rare chance to interact.

positive attitudes, employees happy to be employed here, higher than average tenure amongst los angeles tech start-ups.

The ability to work remotely

Digital media is a very challenging environment currently - other places in town like Defy Media and Super Deluxe have recently shut down - but Ranker is nimbly adjusting to changes and is a great place to learn

A complete cultural shift around quality versus quantity. Managers who encourage employees to take lunches, clock out on time, etc. Not managers who base employee's merits solely on output. A better appreciation for freelancers.

when you know you know. i felt positivity and synergism from the first interview call through offer extended.

Utilizing a lot of tools that made it better

being able to be contribute and add value to the company's growth.

working on things that are both challenging and enjoyable

learning things and being around good people

Sell the empty office, raise pay by 10% across the board from middle management down.

Many employees are just keeping one foot out the door. Hard to feel optimistic for a digital media company in an age where editorial employees are the first to go. Especially at one where the content is clickbait, not values-based.