ReachLocal Services "Salary" Reviews

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Work life balance Salary on time

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None

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Work-life balance and the culture.

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Salary and appraisals.

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Nothing

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This is by far the worst agency in Mumbai for employees seeking job opportunities in the digital marketing domain. I had a terrible experience with this company. This company's hiring model works on a bond agreement, where the candidate has to agree to a minimum service bond of two years. For this, they take a cheque from you of Rs. 50,000 for the training they provide at the start of the job. During the interview, the candidate is told that they will have to submit a signed cheque of Rs. 50,000 as a security deposit for the training they provide if the candidate leaves the job before the agreed-upon tenure. i.e., for 2 years, he or she is liable to pay Rs. 50,000 to the company. But, wait, this is not the whole truth; the company fails to address during the interview that they will anyhow charge this amount in the event as follows: 1. The company itself terminates the employee before the tenure 2. An employee is not able to continue work due to medical or personal emergencies. This is their dark truth, which the company never mentions during the hiring process, which I feel is very unfair. The company states that it is included in the clauses of the bond, but they don't allow the employee to get the bond papers consulted by a lawyer or an advocate who can understand those clauses, because that will bring out the reality. I happened to become the victim of their evil means of doing business last month when they terminated me, citing performance issues<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. And without my knowledge, they deducted my previous month's salary and are now asking me to pay the remaining amount to get release letters</mark>. They took my hard-earned money, but I will make sure this never happens to some other poor guy. So, candidates, please don't apply to this organisation blindly. Even if you do, please get all the clauses rectified by a professional lawyer. If they don't allow that, please don't join. You can reach out to me if you have any doubts....Read More

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Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Flexible Timings)

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Salary and benefits

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Leave policy, HR policies and other work life balance

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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The work environment here is good. Everything including our personal and work life is balanced. Best place to work with a good culture.

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Nothing as such. But can work on salary hike.

Work Details

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Nothing. Long review, but please read, as I made a massive mistake when I ignored a similar review by a person, and ended up joining this company. Only Work Life Balance was okay. And, that too, is not worth it, when you realise what a rubbish company you are working for. I wish I had written this exactly at the time when I actually left the company. More facts would have come out, more accurately. Firstly, this is almost a scam company. They are not a digital marketing company, so if you are looking to do aand learn proper digital marketing company, this is far from that. If you are doing 'SEM' for them, rest assured, you are just 'documenting'/like data entry in 'an excel/word' template that they have created, for someone who is doing real digital marketing for this company sitting in the U.S. office. You can make a few changes within the set limit only, set by the actual digital marketing experts. Your job is to only 'suggest' certain elements and actions, you wont actually be running the campaign at all. Just documenting it for someone who is running it. So, basically, a back office job(but without back office perks/benefits). With so many potential digital marketing enthusiasts like me, who have actually invested in learning it, and so many opportunities locally, it is a waste of your booming talent that is in demand right now. And, you will realise this within a month, if not a week. And this is where the real scam game begins. The company already knows this. This is just one but main reasons why everyone is leaving this company in batches. So, they hire again in huge batches of 20-30. THEY MAKE YOU SIGN A BOND OF ATLEAST 1.5 - 2 YEARS AND TAKE A SIGNED CHECQUE OF RS.50,000(They say this is for all digital marketing training costs of the training in case you leave. But, I have told you above, why they do this to stop you from leaving. The training costs, you realise is Utter non-sense when you realise their over-complicated stupid process that is NOT REAL DIGITAL MARKETING. IT IS THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE DIGITAL PLATFORM WHICH WONT BE USEFUL ANYWHERE IN A REAL DIGI MARK FIRM. They know this. Other Digi firms will realise this if you do interviews later on elsewhere for growth. Which is why, everyone is saying why working here is actually harmful for you career growth. We join with the hopes of learning, so we pay the Bond cheque and sign a 2 year contract of not leaving. Now, you're stuck. You wont get experience letter if you want to get out, unless you pay up 50K. What happens with most people is worse than this. For something, that is NOT EVEN REAL DIGITAL MARKETING, their training is soooo complicated and takes days (their so-called training cost justification), because their in-house portal is from the Old-age. They have created a new one too, but now they have to rely on both for data, because transferring data/methods to the new one will cost them an unimaginable amount of money. So, now, you are just wasting a good time of your life, learning something, you will never use in the real digital marekting world. COMING TO THE WORST PART. They have creating absolute non-sensical quality check tests, Nesting pods(lol), because their non-sensical process is so freaking complicated(not difficult, just complicated. You are basically learning to hover around their platforms and how to fill their templates. Google Ads will be seen like only for 1% of your time. And, they have only 5 days of actual On the job learning. The rest is spent in some stupid Nesting pod non-sense which they think is a genius idea to minimise the amount of errors, and ease the process. Worse. The actual job is to reach a Book limit of 'cases'/templates you will be filling. So, the whole idea of nesting is to speed you up, so you can 'reach you targets'. Your 9 to 6 work life being the only benefit of this company will go out of the window, for initial 6 months. Even, then that benefit is not worthy. Because, after 5 years, when you want to work in a real digital marketing company, you will be crying real tears. I have seen this regret, within the seniors of this company. When you havent learnt anything(within only 5 days of actual training), the Nesting only pressurises you and increases errors. There is no training happening there. NESTING, HERE, IS A SINGLE PERSON HANDLING 5-6 NEWBIES. THEY ALL BELONG TO DIFFERENT SUB PROCESSES AND RULES. THAT SINGLE LEADER HIMSELF IS CLUELESS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND WILL CALL OUT SOMEONE FROM THESE PROCESS TEAMS TO HELP OUT. You will wonder how this freak show is bettee than On the job training of 5 days(only to speed up your meeting the target pace). ABSOLUTE FREAK SHOW in the name of digital marketing. NOW, HERE IS THE REAL GAME. WHEN YOU END UP WITH ERRORS DURING THIS FREAK SHOW, YOU WILL BE TERMINATED, JUST LIKE THAT. BECAUSE, YOU HAVE SIGNED A BOND, EITHER YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY UP THAT BOND MONEY OR YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR EXPERIENCE LETTER. BECAUSE, PEOPLE COULDNT PAY, THEIR HALF SALARY OF 25K will not be given to them that month . SO, THEY HAVE ALREADY RECOVERED HALF THEIR BOND MONEY. YOU GOT SCAMMED EITHER WAY, CAUSE YOU STILL DONT HAVE THE LETTER. YOUR MONTHS THERE ARE WASTED. People have been blatantly told by the HR people in the so-called EXIT MEETING that PAY UP THE BOND MONEY AND GET YOUR RELIEVING LETTER. This happens on a pretty good scale, so they have a smooth system in place where they smoothly let you go, even get your belongings to your meeting room, as they relieve you (so that you dont have to go back to your desk and face the employees in a humiliating way. Well, HOW CONSIDERATE. THINKING HOW OFTEN THIS HAPPENS, THEY ARE PROBABLY SAVIG THEIR OWN FACE, AND HIDING FROM THEIR EMPLOYESS HOW OFTEN THEY ARE DOING THIS. THE BOND AND THIS RELIEVING ARE LIKE OPEN SECRETS. TO AND FRO'S FROM HR TO CUBICLE, CUBICLE TO HR. Do I even get started on the Bad, rude management(although, there are SOME good people, but many of us wouldnt know if they're good, unless we make it past the Bond time.) This is already a never ending post. I made a massive mistake by ignoring a similar review someone had written where that person got 'fired' in the training period itself like many others, and because of the Bond, her salary was denied, she never got the Experience letter, bond money tried to be retrieved(similar to me). I ignored it then, in the name of, Oh! I'll learn digital marketing atleast. So, the bond should be fine. I have nothing to lose, etc. Etc. Well, a massive mistake. Not to forget the humiliation. Unless, you are thick-skinned like me, this entire experience can be very humiliating, given that this is a fairly useless company, and it is actually humiliating, if you work here for a long time. But, you will be made to feel like you are the worst performer, even when there are many others who are pretty competent, averagly smart people who have also been treated loke this. (given you are performing this garbage, complicated process that is not even digital marketing)....Read More

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Everything

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Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

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Only the work life balance is the USP

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Work is monotonous. No promotions and salary benefits. Fool you for your retention so never go for retention bonus

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Work satisfaction they don't pressurized people. Coworker are all supportive

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Salary and appraisal

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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I liked nothing

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They are most unprofessional w.r.t salary, job security.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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1. Work Life Balance - You can leave after completing a mandatory 9 hour shift. No after work calls post your shift. 2. People - A few of them are really nice and helpful but there are also a few snakes who would use your weaknesses as a shield to protect themselves. 3. Culture - I saw a lot of diversity in terms of hiring, both or iental and cultural. There is no discrimination. They also are very big with celebrating festivals and events. 4. Mediclaim - Very vague but this is a good thing with good benefits....Read More

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* PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY * I have a few things & hopefully I'll cover them here. 1. Work - If you're looking to grow into the digital domain, this is not the place for you. They have their own platforms which have no value later in your life. You do not get any hands on experience on FB Ads, Analytics, SEMrush or other dignified marketing tools. 2. Bonds / Clauses - They make you sign a bond for 1.5 to 2 years for 50K (or 1 lac) which is illegal. They have the right to terminate you and still recover the bond money failing to which they will not release your experience letter. 3. Senior Management - Even if your TL is a considerate person, he/she will always be pressured under the senior management. If your medically ill or unable to attend work for longer periods of time, they have the right to terminate you instead of giving you the support you need during this time. Forget being on a maternity leave here, complications arise during the initial stages which they do not even consider valid. A lot of female employees have been terminated (or left) for the very same reason. The irony is, the person who leads the senior management is a Woman! 4. No Recognition - Your efforts are not appreciated here. Instead you are given a load of extra work and that doesn't guarantee a raise or appraisal. If you have a good manager you have a 1% chance to put your negotiations forward. 5. Leaves - If you're unwell for a longer duration and suppose you take the week off, they will count the previous weekend as well as the coming weekend and deduct your pay (sandwich leave). You'll have to provide a medical certificate for the littlest thing happens to you and if its too personal, your TL will not even flinch to provide his/her own medical diagnosis on your illness. They will threaten to terminate you despite you being unwell for their own selfish reasons<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. I was once told that they can hire 2 freshers in the salary they are offering me</mark>. You get only 1 sick leave every quarter and somehow you have to save it incase you fall sick (sarcasm) 6. Micromanagement - This shouldn't be a shocker as most corporations do this, but here they monitor your chats, the gossips you do in between breaks, they install a software in your laptops wherein they can track your hours. Sometimes if you're work is done before the shift ends, you have to give a justification. If you ever gossip about your TL, he/she will hold a personal grudge and make sure you're bombarded with irrelevant targets. 7. No Confidentiality - You can never trust people here. If you have a meeting in confidence with your HR about your manager, he/she will pressure the HR into telling him/her. Always have stuff in writing and not rely on verbal stuff. Thats all i can think of now. Honestly you will have to be thick skinned to work here as you'll be required to be vocal about things that bother you. If you're naive, they'll grill you left and right. The only good thing here is the training they provide for Google & Yahoo and that working with people in the States you'll brush up on your vocabulary and speaking skills. Rest there is absolutely nothing to be missed out on....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Teammates are supportive, cafeteria is fine.

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There is a lot of politics and the management isn't transparent. Salary is decent but career growth is slow. Your work will be recognised only if you are a boot licker. Cultural events and fun games takes place but not everyone can participate in it. Transport is available but only till mid-way....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.