Mullen Employee Reviews about "long hours"

Pros

You get a lot of autonomy and responsibility right out of the gate. Great place to learn and to learn by doing - you're not overmanaged and get real client management and interactions right away. Opportunities to make really great and creative work and work with talented people.

Cons

Work/life balance can be tough sometimes with everyone expected to work long hours and be available outside of work to answer emails, etc.

Advice to Management

Mullen's upper management could be more invested in the day to day of the lower employees and care more about the non-sexy accounts that bring in the $$.

Pros

Great environment, cool people, A+ atmosphere.

Cons

Not a ton of work, small-time brands, layoffs, long hours.

Pros

Smart people, fast paced, feels small

Cons

low salaries, long hours, little work/life balance

Pros

Cool-enough office and interesting projects

Cons

Internship was unpaid on a selective basis - A month after working very long hours and from home during my fall semester, I found out that a fellow intern who had just graduated from high school was paid, while I was not, due to her connection with an exec and the fact that she was not eligible for college credit. The other intern of the 3 of us (also a Senior in College with extensive experience) was also unpaid... and was commuting from outside of the state... My manager was very unreasonable when I mentioned it to her, aggressively responding to me very nicely asking if I also could be compensated for my work while also informing me that my colleague was "never supposed to tell me she was getting paid". Out of my many work experiences, this continues to be the worst, and for that reason I would dissuade anyone from looking at Mullen for internship experience.

Pros

You produce great work. Wonderful people throughout the company. A culture of winning. Great if you are a self starter.

Cons

Demanding and long hours. 60–70 per week. Not always efficiently run. Sometimes work for the sake of work. But worth it.

Advice to Management

Treat women more equally RE pay.

Pros

Holiday Schedule, Free Food/Alcohol, Immediate Responsibility

Cons

Misguided Leadership Team, Long Hours/Weekends, Work/Life Balance, Under-Staffed Workforce, Salary

Advice to Management

Hire more people and pay them a competitive salary, don't bend over backwards and say "yes" to every client request

Pros

Fun people! Name-brand clients, great new location, easy to contribute from all levels of creative hierarchy.

Cons

Very disorganized, low entry-level pay, long hours. Maybe structure has gotten better recently -- but it was a very stressful time from 2008-2012.

Pros

Mullen has a high profile name that can open up a lot of doors Young, energetic team and co-workers Learned great skills as a first job

Cons

Mullen had a horrible work life balance and was understaffed. The agency was continuously winning new business, but losing employees and still absorbing in the work. There seemed to be a lack of "process" and no training. You are thrown right into the fire expected to work on client facing projects with little guidance or formal training. Teams often work under tight deadlines and plans area always changing at the... last minute leading to stress. Pay was low considering you were not compensated for your long hours and hard work.