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Found 417 of over 492 reviews
4.0
74% Recommend to a Friend
Interbrand Global President Gonzalo Brujó
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Interbrand Global President Gonzalo Brujó
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Great people to work with and learn from(in 74 reviews)
  • "great culture and serious commitment to mantain it and endorse it.(in 28 reviews)
  • "Develop a strategic mindset with great colleagues(in 19 reviews)
  • "The German office also has many great clients and we work with some of the best brands in Germany (and outside).(in 11 reviews)
  • "great opportunities to work on some amazing projects and gain experience in branding.(in 9 reviews)
Cons
  • "Long hours and brand centers(in 21 reviews)
  • "Lack of leadership and management skills in senior management layer.(in 20 reviews)
  • "Low pay...company needs to be more innovative in terms of their service...Very commercialized...(in 16 reviews)
  • "1. low salary compared with other competitor and it's fame in their sector.(in 14 reviews)
  • "Management constantly turning over.(in 14 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Good company

    May 22, 2023 - Associate Consultant in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The people there are great

    Cons

    The pay could be better

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  2. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Great

    Apr 7, 2023 - Director, Strategy in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great clients, interesting work, fun environment

    Cons

    Culture of working at an agency within a holding company can limit business agility, and individual growth and compensation.

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Cool projects but they still have a lot to work on

    Dec 4, 2022 - Senior Strategist in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - You get to work on really meaningful projects for big brands - Meeting and working with lots of smart people - Variety to work on lots of different types of projects in a global level as well

    Cons

    - Onboarding process is a mess - Lack of diversity, they only place the POC's in junior positions... try to find a senior POC in leadership - Managers don't have time to train/support you, they're spread so thin across so many different projects - Managers can be a bit toxic, depending which portfolio you're placed on ("if i have to work this much this week, why can't you?" - whose fault is it that they are given so many projects they can't manage their own time?) - People can be cliquey, esp 'the original interbranders'

    1 person found this review helpful
  5. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Smart, nice junior staff but poor management, zero training or guidance

    Dec 19, 2022 - Strategy Consultant in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - smart, nice people for the most part, especially among junior staff - week off between Christmas and New Year's

    Cons

    - no training or guidance for junior staff - managers who have no business being managers - senior management who put down employees, disregard ideas, make junior staff feel inadequate and uncomfortable - low and unfair pay, lackluster health benefits, basically no 401k - expectation & accolades for employees who work significantly more than 40 hours and on weekends

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    1 person found this review helpful

    Interbrand Response

    Chief Executive Officer

    Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts – we always welcome feedback and want to use it to learn and improve. Please know that we do not condone disrespectful or hurtful behavior – from senior management or anyone – and certainly don’t want our junior staff to feel inadequate. We take your comments seriously and will look into this. We would also like to address some of your comments as we don’t believe they are fully accurate: 1. Interbrand New York runs an annual survey asking our employees for their feedback across all facets of the business. Our survey results have improved across the board and year over year for the past three years. Specifically, our “Engagement Index”, and “Intent to Stay” were all well over 80% 2. We recognize that more needs to be done around training and to that point last year we launched an 8 week on-boarding program for all hires called 'Interbrand 101’s', where we have weekly live sessions covering all areas of the business. We will continue to work on training and up-skilling of our people. 3. We have a framework called Pathways that lays out career paths and helps the employee and manager guide their development. 4. We take people management very seriously at Interbrand and have a mandatory six-month training program for all of our managers. 5. We have moved to transparent salary bands that we regularly review, putting us at the mid-level of comparable companies in terms of pay competitiveness. 6. We have a robust panel of health benefits that are managed by Omnicom, and a number of additional perks and discounts covering everything from mental wellness to an annual education stipend. 7. We have a 401K plan that is managed by Fidelity and every full-time employee is eligible to contribute; there is a discretionary match that Interbrand is committed to match each year as we did this year. 8. We always encourage employees to raise any issues during their time here with HR or anyone on the Leadership team. Again, we’re sorry that this was your experience and wish you all the best in your next role.

  6. 5.0
    Current Employee

    All positive

    Dec 13, 2022 - Senior Director 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Amazing colleagues and clients keep it interesting

    Cons

    Can be quite busy and hectic

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  7. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Okay

    Jan 10, 2023 - Consultant in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great company names. It gives you good exposure to branding consultancy.

    Cons

    But the pay is low, overworked. Expected to pull over 45 hours if want it to be considered working by higher-ups. Managers tend to not recognize hard work and hand pick infrequent negative performance.

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  8. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Warmest Welcome

    Oct 5, 2022 - Graphic Designer 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great diversity in teams No hierarchy Numerous learning opportunities

    Cons

    Could have better health benefits and 401k matching

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  9. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Great culture

    Jul 17, 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good people. Smart and thoughtful strategic work

    Cons

    Can be difficult to obtain balance in busy agency environment

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  10. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Used to be good

    Sep 30, 2022 - Director 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The people were the greatest part...

    Cons

    ...but IB notoriously just burns out everyone.

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  11. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    A need for more diversity and inclusion

    Aug 22, 2022 - Marketing in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Stable company with sufficient salaries. International opportunities.

    Cons

    HR lacks sufficient DEI training and interpersonal skills. Not a close office environment.

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Interbrand has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 492 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Interbrand to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Interbrand employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Interbrand. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

74% of Interbrand employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Interbrand 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Interbrand to be benefits, career development, coworkers and the cons to be management, senior leadership, culture.

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