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Found 472 of over 520 reviews
3.8
70% Recommend to a Friend
WE Communications President and CEO Melissa Waggener Zorkin
84% Approve of CEO

Found 473 of over 520 reviews

3.8
70%
Recommend to a Friend
84%
Approve of CEO
WE Communications President and CEO Melissa Waggener Zorkin
Melissa Waggener Zorkin
268 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Great people to work with and I always loved my managers.(in 64 reviews)
  • "Benefits are great and probably the top reason most people stay.(in 52 reviews)
  • "Great culture, senior levels of leadership are great, lots of lunchtime brownbag sessions.(in 23 reviews)
  • "Lucky to have good colleagues(in 17 reviews)
  • "You can work from home, flexible schedule.(in 14 reviews)
Cons
  • "no work life balance at all coz your superior will whatsapp you 24/7(in 27 reviews)
  • "Low pay, reflecting leadership's arrogance that you're lucky to work there.(in 25 reviews)
  • "Being successful under a bad manager is extremely hard.(in 20 reviews)
  • "Senior leadership is a bunch of middle aged whites women who don’t welcome outside thought or inputs.(in 19 reviews)
  • "Bad management, 'mean girls' culture, promotion of people into non(in 14 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Aug 29, 2023
      EVP
      Current Employee, more than 3 years
      New York, NY
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      Pros

      Independent firm, good perks/benefits, strong leadership, great culture of kindness. West Coast vibes, but NYC go getters.

      Cons

      I don't really have any. I have worked at ~6 agencies of all sizes in my career and I think WE has a very special culture and people. Great place to be.

    2. Can anyone share their experience working at WE Communications ? Thoughts on culture, leadership, benefits, pay? How does it compare to other agencies?

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      WE Communications 1

      It’s a pretty typical midsize firm. But just know their bread and butter is tech media relations. The agency culture is all built around Microsoft. They keep adjusting salaries up each year and are fairly transparent which is nice- but in my experience for senior roles they’re still slightly under market. They promote jr people fast to retain them, but then seem surprised when they’re unprepared for it and then their ADs and VPs end up being crushed picking up the slack. They didn’t do layoffs through Covid which is impressive, and people are pretty nice/it’s not toxic. The biggest issue is honestly just the volume of work and burnout.

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      1. 1.0
        Sep 22, 2023
        Assistant Account Executive
        Former Employee, more than 1 year
        Seattle, WA
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        Pros

        Nice facility. Great location. PR work in general is inherently interesting and allows for some creative freedom.

        Cons

        While my peers were generally easy to get along with, and appreciative of my work, my managers were noncommunicative and oblivious to the work done by most of the personnel 'beneath' them. I never thought too much of this, until I was eventually slated for 'separation' by the organization. During the probationary period in which I could supposedly re-earn my employment, I discovered they were ignoring my emails and erroneously reporting that I wasn't contacting them at all. Eventually my manager said I was doing well and went on vacation herself only a week before surprising me over video-chat (we were remote then) with the news of my termination. I can only imagine my firing was due more to some perceived 'culture clash' between myself and the company leadership, rather than any failings in my work, which could never be formally communicated to me. I wish I could say only these two managers were to blame for my poor opinion of WE, but the blatant self-promotion and political agendas rampant throughout company leadership left me with a poor impression of the whole organization. I've since seen most of my peers move on to more respectable PR orgs; I can only hope Microsoft and the PR industry at large eventually stop going to these kinds of companies for their PR needs.

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      3. WE Communications: sweatshop or better than average? Nice place to work or tech bros? Good creative or basic and boring?

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        Senior Vice President 1

        One of the nicest guys I've ever worked with is an EVP there. If that means anything 🙂

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      4. What does the Pay at WE communications or other agencies look like for account executive roles? I’m currently at a nonprofit looking to move to the corporate world but if I’m honest my benefits right now are great and I’m worried about leaving if the pay isn’t going to be higher.

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        Senior Vice President 1

        I don't have an answer to your question (reco checking the PRWeek Salary report and Glassdoor), but you should strongly consider work life balance as part of this equation, too.

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      5. In talks with a recruiter with WE Communications for an Account Director role (Content and Channel Strategy) - anyone have any experience with interviewing with them? I'm feeling a little bit of imposter syndrome based on my years of experience (I'm about 2 years shy of what's on the job description) but all of my other experience and qualifications are a perfect match.

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        Vice President 1

        On impostor syndrome, I’ll say that everyone feels it. If you like the role and are confident of taking it on (even if it’s an ambitious step up), don’t worry about your 2 years short. I’m sure you’re capable! I haven’t interviewed with them, but WE is very well known for their big tech sector clients and leadership, so showcasing an interest and understanding of that space (even if you’re going to interview for another industry role) as it may relate to your role/function would be good imo.

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