Sweatshop Mentality, Avoid - Strategist Mullen Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

some cool people, you will need them for a shoulder to cry on and they will need you

Cons

Working at MullenLowe Mediahub was one of the worst experiences of my career. At MullenLowe Mediahub, I was belittled, humiliated, and disrespected by those above me, a trend I unfortunately witnessed throughout the agency. I witnessed multiple coworkers' breakdowns over the way they were treated by managers and the workload that was keeping them at the office at 9pm on a Friday night. The department I was in was very bottom-heavy, with entry-level coworkers being given entire accounts to run on their own with little or no support and guidance. The workload, even for a more experienced person like me, became unmanageable. I felt like I was seen to the agency only by how much I could continue to take on, not as a human being. I took 1 vacation day during my time here because there was simply no one to cover the workload on 7 out of 8 of my accounts. Unlimited PTO? What a joke. When I went to my manager to express my concerns over the workload, I was met with a hostile response and the rebuttal that if I was better at "prioritizing" my work, I could leave at 6 every day like they did. We all enjoyed watching our manager strut out of the office at 6 while the rest of us looked forward to a long night ahead. They never offered to help. After I went to my manager to find a solution to the issues at work, an HR meeting was set up to discuss me. How do I know this? A recap was "accidentally" sent to the entire team. The best way to describe my time at this poor excuse for an agency is working here is like being a hamster on a wheel, always told to run faster faster faster while consistently being scolded for all the things you're not doing. I stayed because I didn't want the blemish of a short stint on my resume. But ultimately I looked around the office and saw no one I admired or wanted to emulate, and I knew I needed to leave. Leaving this agency was the best decision I have ever made, and I hope you will consider my review if deciding to take a job here (tldr: don't) And the office sucks.

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Cons

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Pros

Cool atmosphere. Lunch served in-house (not free, but low-cost, taken out of your paycheck).

Cons

The night before they laid me off, I worked till 1 a .m. That part wasn't unusual. Sometimes, they'd tell me to take my phone to bed, so they could call me so I could wake up and do work. Sometimes, I'd be at the elevator to leave and they'd literally run over and tell me not to get on, because there was more work they hadn't anticipated. But I'd like to mention that the day they laid me off, it was December. I'd brought in a donation for the giving tree. They laid me off in mid-December, along with maybe 40 others. If you're looking for a place that works you half to death then lays you off unceremoniously at the holidays, Mullen's your place.

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