Work hard, play hard - but not in a good way.. - Anonymous employee the7stars Employee Review

3.0
Mar 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You have the opportunity to work on big named brands, and starting your career here helps to understand the whole media landscape rather than in silo for digital/ATL I've made friends for life working at t7s, and starting your career here is a good intro to what media culture can look like.

Cons

Where to start... there are systemic issues with senior management not taking accountability for recurring issues with harassment, a troubling drinking culture, HR not taking feedback seriously, and not listening to the thoughts of employees despite incessant surveys. I have first hand been on the receiving end of inappropriate advancements by senior men at the agency, and over half of the women I worked alongside had similar experiences. It's like the dirty secret of the agency that everyone knows about but nothing is ever addressed. Being an agency with a large portion of the workforce being younger women, met with several men in top senior positions, you can feel that your worries won't be taken seriously, and that is the reality; the CEO knows about this but still doesn't do anything to make it a psychologically safe place to work, alongside HR not listening (probably due to the head of HR being friends with some of those causing these issues). Having a social aspect to work is fun and important, but when there is a heavy reliance on this being fuelled by alcohol, it causes a vacuum for these issues to persist. The "no job title" thing seems like a benefit at first, and also is spoken about a lot by the agency, but it causes confusion when it comes to career progression and understanding where you fit in external roles outside of the agency.

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the7stars Response
2mo
Hi this is Jenny. Thanks for taking the time to write a review, although I am concerned to hear about your experience. What you have described about inappropriate behaviour isn't acceptable and if there is anything I can do or need to know about then I'd be happy to chat off-line. I'm not sure when you worked here but we do have a lot in place to prevent inapproriate behaviour and to ensure that anything inappropriate gets reported and dealt with. If there is anything you'd like to share though please let me know. Thanks again Jenny.

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