You'll learn a lot...the hard way - Anonymous employee Blue State Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Work with clients whose mission you can stand behind - Solid internal tools and systems - Blue State Union will hopefully ensure employees at all levels have a seat at the table moving forward

Cons

People are leaving Blue State because it checks all the boxes for burnout in the workplace. Very unmanageable workloads, excessive time pressure, lack of support and transparency from senior leadership team, poor SRM ownership across accounts, not competitive pay. Junior and mid-level staff are left to put out the fires and communicate to clients about the constant turnover. Very poor internal communications for a strategic communications agency.

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Pros

Team members take on their responsibilities and complete things on time when assigned

Cons

Sometimes difficult work based on client business

2.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Amazing coworkers Decent benefits Work from home Cool clients doing huge projects

Cons

This place will suck the life out of you. After a few questionable upper management decisions, layoffs had really run this place below ground. Beforehand, though, was a clear indicator of things going downhill. Teams burnt out and stretched thin. Project managers doing their best to accommodate, despite being stretched thin themselves. Upper management not doing anything to help. There is one review I read here during my first few months that stated this place is sexy and promising on the outside but the opposite inside and now I can see why. You will be micromanaged and gaslit into thinking you are a terrible worker here. Little to no real professional advice, they literally just expect you to do 12 hours of work in 8 hours (not to mention the insane amount of unpaid overtime you’ll be doing). Steer clear of this place (at least until the figure their sh** out)

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