Leo Burnett Reviews

Pros

Talented team. excellent opportunity to work with the best in advertising. top notch office and location.

Cons

Large corporation can be difficult to navigate.

Pros

1. Great benefits 2. Free snacks 3. Holiday and summer parties

Cons

1. Services only one client and retainer continues to reduce 2. Culture is very lazy. So many legacy employees new blood doesn't have a chance. 3. Poor creative staff -- no innovation 4. No room for advancement 5. Not allowed to be yourself if you want to survive 6. Total lack of empowerment 7. Untrustworthy management -- lots of in-fighting 8. Terrible clients -- very lazy and always pointing figures

Pros

My EP is great feel like I'm learning so much and he really care. People are super friendly, feel like the production department should have more creative influence.

Cons

Needs more diversity in age and race. Feel like the creative energy is being stifled by rigid department segretion.

Pros

I spent ten years working at Burnett, and I am extraordinarily grateful for the exceptional level of talent I've worked with — it's a high bar. I primarily worked outside of (or adjacent to) the sacred areas of creative and account, and while this had its downsides at times, I had a certain level of autonomy in building teams and driving my career in the direction I wanted. I learned a great deal about integrating brand and equity into the work I was developing — and also earned some chops in dealing with politics. I'm confident that there's something for everyone to learn from experience in this agency. When you stop learning and growing, it's time to move on. If you're looking to pursue a traditional agency career, you will find value here. However, if you want to build your expertise in digital, product, innovation or more-forward facing advertising technology, you are best to look elsewhere.

Cons

Paris is the puppet-master holding the strings for many business decisions, which makes finances a tremendous burden. The agency has gone through many years of scrimping to find the money for raises, and promotions take several years to materialize for deserving employees. The agency's primary clients are facing their own massive market problems, and it's a rare exception that they've embraced digital transformation. You may sit in a town hall meeting, forced to watch reels of commercials — and no celebration of teams outside of creative that make this work happen, while hearing about small new business wins that don't impact many employees to improve morale. Layoffs are becoming a more common occurrence, and Publicis is starting to have serious issues with retaining senior leadership. While it would be ridiculous to expect this to be the same agency I started working at years ago, the changes have not been for the better. The soul of this agency is on life support — no amount of mediation sessions or employee resource groups can fix the deep-seated problems Burnett is facing.

Pros

Welcoming and sound environment

Cons

Clients are not always easy to build relationships with