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AKQA

Acquired by WPP

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Worst decision of my career - Anonymous employee AKQA Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There were some pretty talented and cool people who worked there - please note 'were' and 'worked' - past tense. This place is a sink hole and it's miserable. Thank goodness for sites like Glassdoor that allow potential employees to read reviews and decide for themselves which are genuine and which are promoted by the company. I find it hilarious, probable, pathetic and not surprising that they're being accused of faking reviews. There is no way anyone who worked here would give this place more than two stars and it's just the type of thing I would expect from the floundering bullies.

Cons

Every single meeting, email, phone call and each day I had to walk through the doors to this place.

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Pros

solid people, remote work, good work

Cons

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
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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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