Starcom USA Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible hours, good team work environment, a great place to start on the advertising industry, excellent work tools.

Cons – Lack of leadership and/or personnel in management levels to direct the agency locally into a more competitive one. No human resources department available to attend local employee issues. Few growing opportunities inside the local company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time

Pros – Social culture - you will make great friends working here
Generous time off - more days than you can use!
Fast paced and challenging work

Cons – Can be difficult to obtain work life balance due to nature of agency structure - teams are often very understaffed and people fulfill more than 1 role
Salary is not very competitive as compared to other Chicago agencies

Advice to Senior Management – Correct the agency structure model - it may work for hitting margin goals but it contributes to high turnover, burned out employees and poor work life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time for more than a year

Pros – training program is great
professional atmosphere
work environment

Cons – low pay
inefficient processes
management could be better

Advice to Senior Management – increase pay to increase incentives of well qualified applicants

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starcom USA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fun atmosphere and perks, work with smart people

Cons – Very cliquey, limited growth internally

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA

Pros – Coworkers, free breakfast, perks depending on your team/account

Cons – Long work hours, lack of transparency, salary isn't competitive

Advice to Senior Management – Represent the experience model in all facets not just on paper.

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent career growth and development opportunities; committed and hard-working leadership; best accounts in the business; strong training programs; good tools and systems; truly pushing the envelope and doing cutting-edge work. People work hard, but there truly is balance and support for people "having a life" outside of work.

Cons – The IT support stinks. There sometimes seems to be more financial driven decision making than talent driven. That being said, still seems better than most competitors in this industry.

Advice to Senior Management – It's all about the talent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Experience working on the biggest of the big brands
Great benefits and vacation time
Relatively little drama for an agency
Job security is better than at other agencies
A great deal of training for new hires (if they ask for it)

Cons – Accountants run the place
It can be a 'sink or swim' environment - depending on your team
Promotions tend to be more political vs your abilities and talent

Advice to Senior Management – Overall, you do well. I think you should nurture the young talent a bit more. They all seem to leave soon after the 2nd year for better opportunities outside Starcom. It would also be nice to know how the business is doing from a financial perspective. Starcommers never really know until Maurice Levy gives his end of the year wrap-up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starcom USA as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great team, supervisors cared about development and providing a rich experience, relaxed work environment, casual dress code, lunch & learns saved a lot of money, vendor parties

Cons – Wish there were more opportunities for interns to get to know each other socially, did not get a chance to meet upper management as interns

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Starcom USA as an intern for less than a year

Pros – great perks, great people. I loved it

Cons – can get lost in the crowd

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starcom USA full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great corporate culture, lots of opportunity

Cons – Nepotism, can get lost in the crowd

Advice to Senior Management – Keep an eye out for the non-favorites

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company