Arnold Worldwide Reviews

Pros

The people at Arnold are just fantastic. They truly are passionate, caring individuals who never stop innovating and supporting each other.

Cons

I have heard from others that compared to their competitors, the compensations are lower. Perhaps in the coming months, as a come-back agency, we can get more fairness as we work hard.

Advice to Senior Management

Please commit more time to recruiting young talents and interacting with the junior staff. We are the future of the company.

Pros

There is a wide variety of work on some very large clients. Your worked is guaranteed to reach thousands if not millions of people. Many of the co-workers I met are very talented.

Cons

It's a very stubborn place to make any sort of change for the better. They lack greatly in digital design and hope to see it improve in the future. Compensation was very poor.

Advice to Senior Management

Please increase your compensation for digital employees, and listen to them more closely. The working environment could also use improvement to be more team oriented.

Pros

Great roster of Clients, it's located right downtown, lit's also ocated in a mall so Christmas shopping was easier for me.

Cons

Poor senior management that doesn't have a clue what is really going on. Instead of solving the MULTIPLE issues inside of the organization, they turn their heads and point their fingers. Some of the most unfriendly and cliquey people I will ever work with.

Advice to Senior Management

Grow a pair. Take risks, make change and don't look back. Your agency may have been awarded one of Ad Age's top agencies, but take a survey of your people and see how low the morale in that place is.

Pros

Great vibe
Smart people
Feeling of real industry leadership that inspires employees to believe in management
Many awards and accolades

Cons

Segmented and compartmentalized departments
Cliquey feeling that detracts from camaraderie
Employees are overworked and underpaid, just like most ad companies

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees more, do reviews

Pros

Getting to work with great people, and big accounts.
Fun atomosphere

Cons

Internship was nothing but busy work
My "office" was a closet with a contact printer next to it.
No, advancement opportunities
No recognition or opportunities for full time employment offered or gained.

Advice to Senior Management

Internships arent free labor. People should have an opportunity and fair shot at obtaining a position in the company after giving 3 months of free work to the company.

Pros

Fun, friendly and drama-free. ArnoldNYC is a relaxed working environment. You don't get stuck on one account, there's variety and you're given opportunity both to lead and be imaginative.

Cons

ArnoldNYC is struggling to navigate fine line of test-driven work vs. creative excellence. They're client base, unwilling to make the leap to digital, is leaving its mark on the work being done and cutting the legs out of what could be a great shop.

Advice to Senior Management

Re-evaluate the hiring criteria of your digital staff, get more writers on-board and take some risks, creatively. Push creative excellence, vs. testing-friendly work.

Pros

The company does amazing work and it is awesome to see it being accomplished right in front of your eyes.
It is a great place to learn about the business.

Cons

The upper management really has great people to learn from, but there is not enough interaction with upper management with the interns within their teams.
The intern room unfortunately disconnects the interns from their team.

Pros

They have some big account, and have created successful campaigns for most

Cons

There was a lack of creativity. Everyone was obsessed with process, as opposed to fostering a genuinely creative work environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus more on creating situations that promote collaboration

Pros

The people are great: young, fun, creative, and welcoming. There are fun perks, like in-office concerts and a raging holiday party, and the compensation and benefits work for me. I feel like my ideas are respected, and I have the flexibility and support to make them happen.
No micro-managing - I feel like as long as you get your work done and its up to par you can do it however you see fit.

Cons

It can be hard to pin down senior management - when you get a meeting with them they will listen to you but I've have meetings bumped 5 or 6 times. It can slow certain projects up when you need approval but can't get five minutes with someone.
The hours are long. Not a problem for me at this stage in my life (no kids), but I don't know if I would want to sustain this pace forever. This happen really quickly here.

Advice to Senior Management

Obviously clients take priority, but I feel like some people are really overbooked - setting up weekly or even monthly 10 minute check-ins where department heads are available to meet with their teams on internal issues would be awesome.

Pros

The people are fabulous. For the most part, everyone is someone I would want to grab a beer with. They are inclusive, collaborative and aside from a few, the egos are pretty much in check. The creative work is very good and the fact that Arnold actually judges creative based on whether it is going to move the client's business is both unique and respected.

Cons

The pay is not very good. They pay some people a whole lot of money, new people that have big reputations (whether they deserve them or not) and others just average or frankly below average. We work LOONGGG hours too.

Advice to Senior Management

Do a level-set. Look at the people you have working there and decide, is this someone I want to keep, if so, get them where they should be. Don't expect them to stay forever.