OMD Reviews

Pros

This place was ok to work at and the hours were good. On the pros side it was ok at that.

Cons

The neg side to this place is that the direction was difficult to understand and the leadership was always at cut throat

Advice to Senior Management

I know it is a dog eat dog world but managment should realy not discuss this with the employees and such.

Pros

Big brand name clients, young work environment, some fun events

Cons

Hours are long and tedious, no work life balance, low pay (especially for living in NYC), some directors are disconnected from lower level employees, the analytical/negotiating roles involve no creativity, inquiring about internal transfers is far too complicated and some directors may not think favorable of other group/ departments which may deter them from helping you get to a more appropriate position to best benefit you and the company. Very corporate environment and lack of communication between other accounts. High turnover...for good reason.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide better pay to lower level employees. More importantly promote open communication, its a young environment and many people that come in are recent graduates that lack a clear visionof their desired career path. Company is big enough where there may be better roles for certain individuals who feel disgruntled in current position. Allow for easier ability to communicate desire to transfer internally, they should not be forced to go through their director when expressing desire to move internally.

Pros

- access to training and development programs for new talent
- downtown manhattan location
- young / open work environment
- dinners/outings with clients to various new york events

Cons

- below average pay
- politics throughout company
- long, tedious hours with no overtime compensation
- mediocre health benefits
- no work / life balance. your life is work.
- some digital strategists are pretty incompetent, making it difficult for assistants to learn from them
- high turn over rate especially for those at the assistant digital strategist or digital strategist level

Advice to Senior Management

raise pay for lower level employees to allow them to survive in new york to help decrease high turn over rates

Pros

Major accounts look good on your resume. The agency is respected in ad community and wins awards. There are good learning opportunities such as classes, etc.

Cons

They tend to silo you in the media you have the most experience in which really stunts your growth in other areas. The workload can be ridiculous at times. Very corporate culture where people stick to their department and are unfriendly to everyone else.

Advice to Senior Management

Do your best to expose strategists to different media and monitor workloads more effectively if you want talent to stick around longer.

Pros

Employees were young and vibrant and there was a sense of community. It was a fun place to work and enjoyed the fun parties.

Cons

Really really bad pay. Benefits were not great and I worked all hours of the night. Management lacked intelligence and were not on the side of the employees.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to pay employees more, more than minimum wage since they work very hard for leadership and the client.

Pros

OMD had a lot of perks from sales reps

Cons

People are cliquish, revolving door mentality

Advice to Senior Management

Spend less time wondering if housekeeping should hang toilet paper facing up or down and more on meeting with employees

Pros

the friendships that you form.

Cons

the treatment of employees atrocious
employees at lower levels are miserable, over-worked and underpaid and are forced to stay at work even when there is no work to be done. its terrible!

Pros

Financial Systems are advance and lots of responsibilities.

Cons

Long hours and under paid. Promotions are not based on your contributions.

Advice to Senior Management

Value people who work hard for the company.

Pros

Great national and global client roster
Promotes close relationships with major clients, regardless of role or level
Lean hierarchy (titles mean very little overall)
Eager, quick-to-learn, employees
Good name brand
Positive work atmosphere (although a bit corporate for an ad agency)

Cons

Management can be distant, particularly in providing guidance on client issues
Lack of organizational processes
Poor communication from main offices to smaller offices
Very lean operation (in terms of staffing and technology)
Senior management is preoccupied with winning new business, rather than delivering on promises.

Advice to Senior Management

Become better at setting expectations and delivering them. Client satisfaction should be main priority. Make technology a main priority.

Pros

Pays well, fun people, and large accounts. Good company to have on an advertising resume because it is so well known.

Cons

No work life balance, management seems unapproachable and unwilling to hear new ideas from lower level employees. Behind in digital technology compared to other agencies.

Advice to Senior Management

Be open to ideas from lower-level employees. Develop closer relationships with everyone on your teams. Open your office door and communicate with people.