A sinking ship - avoid at all costs - Anonymous employee Archetype Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A free bar but nothing to note related to actual work.

Cons

- Hostile bullies in senior management (namely in the PR team) - Incredibly high turnover of staff (at least one person leaving every month) - No training and therefore no development as an employee - Flexible working leads to inefficiency and people not doing work required of them - No identity as an agency. Recent mergers have led to a company in crisis with no clear future of where it's going - Low pay and 'sweatshop' working culture - Consistent long hours (regular 12 hour days) - Everyone's far too busy and stressed to help junior employees learn - The furthest place from the 'best agency to work for' imaginable - Don't let the free bar distract from reality. This is a ghastly place to work so avoid at all costs!

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Archetype Response
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Thank you for your feedback and we're sorry your time at Text100 was not the best it could have been. The company is not just going through a merger but we're building a new agency, so there is going to be some uncertainty during this time. We are doing our best to keep communication channels open and share information when it becomes available. Globally we operate a zero tolerance policy when it comes to bullying in all our offices and encourage any of our people to bring this to the attention of their local HR Team who can help put a plan together to deal with any issues formally or informally.

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