Dentsu reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,746 total reviews)

Hiroshi Igarashi

76% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Dentsu has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,746 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dentsu employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jun 4, 2018

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very basic industry standard perks (beer). Good health benefits. Great place to start a career at an entry level. A lot of exposure to the industry.

Cons

Lack of resources. Lack of promotional opportunities. Salary increases and bonuses are at the discretion of leaders and are not based on a reflection of employee performance even though we're told to participate in performance reviews. Poor decisions made by senior leadership who aren't aware of BAU which leads to huge effects on the ability to complete day to day with successfully. Poor central leadership. Unusually high turnover with very little replacement or backfilling which creates even more work for teams experiencing the loss. High expectations without proper compensation. Below industry standards for salary and pay. Little concern to increase employee job satisfaction. Overall poor company culture.

1.0
Oct 2, 2023

Toxic Work Environment, Evil Leadership

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits were somewhat decent.

Cons

Very toxic, understaffed department and upper management was pure EVIL. For this to be a Billion dollar company , couldn’t believe there was such poor investment in employee resources and organizational structure. They think being productive is working off of a hundred different excel spreadsheets and word documents, while also creating a million different processes to do the most basic fundamental tasks. There was always a ton of work to do and you were either micromanaged or given little no direction at all. Upper management had no regard for human decency when it came to their communication and how they treated employees. Nasty emails were sent out and degrading, egotistical, god complex type meetings were setup only for employees be told in a very cold and condescending tone what’s being done wrong and being blamed for things that you have nothing to do with. Even if you do exactly what is being asked, down to the letter, something is still wrong with what you’ve done because clearly there is a deeper issue. It felt like working with kids in high school who were put in these positions and given a little power and it went to their heads. It was obvious leadership didn’t take any executive level management courses or leadership trainings on how to interact with employees because of the lack of compassion and respect that was shown on a daily basis. Let’s not forget the overwhelming amount of overtime, or feeling unsafe, unrealistic deadlines, being talked down to, and given unclear instruction on different projects. Oh and guess what else is too common of a theme at this company; massive layoffs and people abruptly quitting. There is a huge disconnect within this company and it starts with having the wrong individuals in positions where they are responsible for managing people.

1.0
Mar 5, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Able to work remote - Ability to work with enterprise clients

Cons

- Client was incredibly toxic, was always confused about things and always blamed us for anything bad that happened and never took any accountability - Associate I was assigned to manage was clueless and had zero actual experience or training - Had to deal with billing using a completely outdated platform that made no sense - Not much support from internal team - Team was routinely burnt out from the client - Lots of turnover, plenty of people moved on to other jobs in less than a year

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