JWT INSIDE Reviews

Pros

Part consultancy, part communications shop, you will partner with leading companies (and their leadership teams) to align their workforces, define and amplify their cultures to inspire their employees, attract the right talent and drive their business results. It's rewarding on many levels.

Pros

Great exposure to highly professional work and expectations.

Advice to Management

Promote those who can persuade and motivate to keep moving things forward.

Pros

Culture is great and getting better.
Leadership is genuinely concerned with personal growth of employees and is working on strategies to improve overall employee satisfaction levels.
You get to work with some great people and clients.
Office has multiple "events" each month, ranging from full-blown parties to a drink around the company bar.
Work is typically rewarding.
You can make a difference in the agency with your opinion (No person/staff is too small to be heard).
Start-up mentality with the support of a large agency.
Free food (often), snacks (always), and drinks (always).
Lenient dress code. Hat, jeans, joggers, etc.
Family benefits are fantastic and very affordable compared to others.
Telecommute policy of 1 day a week.
Teams for each section (a lot of the "multiple hats" mentality seems dissipated).

My overall experience with JWT INSIDE has been amazing. Are some days harder than others? Sure, but that's true with any job. Here, you get a real chance to work with great people and great clients as well as make a difference to the team and to the agency as a whole. I personally couldn't be happier that I accepted the position with JWT INSIDE. So far, it has been the best move o my career. The company also recognizes where it may be weak in offerings and is activity working directly with their staff to correct these issues through an "Employee Pulse Check" and a group of both non-leadership and leadership team members to get things going.

Advice to Management

See above "Con".

Pros

1- Easily accessible Manhattan location near Grand Central
2- Clean office with fridge, coffee machine

Advice to Management

A large handful of current employees are aggressively looking for new jobs. That should say enough.

Pros

- Some great people who are smart and passionate about their work (but overworked).
- (not really a pro) A part of a nice office (but has a "step child" feeling not completely inclusive of JWT culture. Not many there know what JWTInside does so you feel like a stranger in your home)

Advice to Management

Don't just listen to a few dinosaurs who can't work anywhere else but JWTInside. Truly want to define who you are, what you want to be as an agency and do it. Don't stay silo'ed from JWT and keep your ambiguous and random vision in new business prospecting. Foster a true collaborative culture not one comprised of bullies and a few holding onto to their role for dear life. Obviously if they are self preserving their roles, they will inhibit true change out of fear. Nurture your talent and allow people to fail and grow. Or at the very least be consistent in how you treat people and be fair/just.

Pros

Great place to learn. Big company so a lot of major clients. When you finished at work your work was finished.

Advice to Management

Provide more growth opportunities. That would be my main source of advice for management. There was not a lot of room to grow at all.

Pros

It is a great group of people to work with. everyone really cares and help out wherever and whenever they can. There is also lots of vacation time, ability to work from home after a year, and a good insurance plan.

Advice to Management

Figure out how to pay everyone a competitive wage. You have a good team, they deserve it.

Pros

JWT Inside was innovative, had great client list, gave excellent benefits, had wonderful employees to work alongside, and forward-thinking creative work.

Advice to Management

Listen to the lower level employees more and to bridge the relationships between them and upper management better. It would have nice to know my opinion would have been heard.

Pros

The Creative and Technology leads demonstrate an extremely high level of commitment to helping the agency pitch new business (and retain existing business). The senior Account team members are well-seasoned, and the junior Account team members are starting to receive better training/mentoring. Although the office culture varies from Santa Monica to Atlanta to D.C. to New York, most people seem to genuinely get along, and the drama factor is pretty low.

Pros

Very nice people, very welcoming. Accepts all ideas and thoughts. Gives you opportunity to work as hard as you like. You can get what you want out of it.

Advice to Management

Incentivize people with more than just nice recognition. While that is important, cash or stock speaks louder than words. A smile only goes so far when you're trying to advance your career.