Company culture rooted in anxiety, desperation and manipulation
Pros
Will make you really appreciate your next job.
Cons
While being under-payed and overworked is typical of agency life, it is taken to the extreme at B2 Communications. You will learn a lot about PR while you work there and one day you'll be able to take those skills somewhere new, but not before this job drives you to get on prescription anxiety meds. If you don't immediately demonstrate self-sufficiency, even at entry level, management will begin building their case to let you go. Principals use manipulative and passive aggressive language to instill a feeling of inadequacy in their employees. And when they are having a bad day, they take it out on their staff instead of looking for ways they can improve themselves. Even the best of the best are eventually worn down. Few make it out before they are demoted (with significant pay cuts) in an ego-driven move by the principals. It's possible to succeed here if management decides they like you, but not while simultaneously being happy. While you may benefit from the experience you get here long-term, be weary of associating your name with a PR firm that exudes desperation and has an increasingly negative reputation in the marketplace, and among the reporting community.
