Butler/Till reviews

A warning to entry level job seekers - On the surface Butler/Till seems to have everything; the inclusive high energy, opportunities for entry level marketers, a place to learn the market and develop your skills. Unfortunately my 2 years working there did not reflect this at all, to boil it down - There is almost no training. There is no communication between management levels, upper management has no idea what your day-to-day is like. Upper manager will tout ESOP incessantly but it will not affect you. It seems like there is good comrodary in the office but that does not extend towards remote employees. Promotions are few and far between. I personally had a terrible experience with my manager and watched 5 PDSs leave during my tenure because of her. I highly recommend starting at a global agency with proper onboarding in place and avoid this headache.

Leadership cares about the ESOP over everything, so they must remain profitable even at the expense of their team (don’t be shocked by a layoff if things are on a downturn). The ESOP is often regarded as the best benefit ever, and it probably is for leadership and management level people, but most of the employees are too early in their career to get the value. The ESOP is distributed by salary, so if you’re more entry level then your “piece of the pie” is likely so small that it’s negligible. No one on my team cared about it. Watching leadership make business decision around the ESOP can sometimes be annoying since it actually benefits so few people in the here and now. I’d also say that leadership is very corporate and kind of fake; they’ll answer any questions you have to seem transparent and honest, but it’s often a non-answer if they know the real answer isn’t great news. Leadership can also be prone to toxic positivity and won’t give you any bad news directly until absolutely necessary. If diversity is important to you, BT has gotten better over the years, but the team is still largely white women.