Great til it wasnt - Creative Operations Primer Employee Review

You have the opportunity to really take ownership of your work. There are lots of other smart, kind and talented people to bounce ideas off of

The clients can be demanding

A lot of exposure to different strategies and ability to really test due to the fast paced nature of working at any agency. Some really good (talented) people, I had great work relationships with people that I would consider friends.

Every toxic thing you’ve heard about agency life, you’ll find most of it here: long hours (they applaud you for working late or working when sick), favoritism, micromanagement, everything is urgent, required to work on approved time off and holidays, lack of any real training for new employees (sink or swim heavily emphasized here). Company purges each year and lays off a ton of employees. This is always odd as the CEO regurgitates the positive outlook of the company constantly. They laid off about 60% of employees 2 months ago along with multiple employees quitting. They currently are looking to hire more South American members after letting go of US employees because it’s cheaper or kept the cheapest US employees that are sub par.