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AKQA

Acquired by WPP

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AKQA has a shiny smile and bad gums - Designer AKQA Employee Review

3.0
Sep 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

They are one of the leading agencies in the world for interactive advertising. Their benefits packages are very good, and for the most part the people who make up the company are hardworking caring people.

Cons

They give everyone salary pay to avoid the huge amount of overtime they'd have to pay as a result of people being forced into working ridiculous hours. The crazy work hours are a result of bad schedule management and and poor planing which is pervasive in just about every project AKQA SF takes on.

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5.0
Mar 13, 2026
Recommend
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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
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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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