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AKQA

Acquired by WPP

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Work here if you hate yourself - Anonymous employee AKQA Employee Review

1.0
Jun 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Complimentary oxygen - If you have a brief moment of low self-esteem, observing the leadership team is a great source of perspective and relief - There's a clique to suit all tastes. Provided your tastes are "Soul Cycle Peter Pans", "Devoted ELT home-wreckers", or "Sociopathic CS Alcoholics" - On a Monday, the first 25 hard-boiled eggs are free

Cons

- Weekend work - Repetition of the phrase "think of this project like a startup", by people who have never worked at a startup - If you do go in to the office on a weekend, take plenty of fluids. AKQA does not pay for air conditioning for future ex employees that it forces to work over the weekend - Persistent changes of direction - Abuses of power - Ignorance / indifference of low morale - It's not a safe place for women to work Sociopaths. I'm serious. Don't work here.

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5.0
Mar 13, 2026
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Pros

solid people, remote work, good work

Cons

company is a little lost at the moment. struggling with profitability

3.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Design and Strategy teams on the west coast in 2021-2023 incredibly smart and strong in their craft. Overall it is hard not to be impressed with the output and some of what the brand can produce

Cons

NY and DC teams were unpleasant. Competitive fearful vibe compared to other creative and tech industries I have been in. My guess is because everything is based on what accounts and projects they can capture and during this time tech accounts were pulling out of further business as their markets slowed. WPP (the parent company) began lay offs and shuttered whole agencies exasperating this.

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