Time For A Change In Leadership - Anonymous employee Code3 Employee Review

2.0
Mar 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people on the ground floor here are genuinely some of the most supportive, hard working, and kind coworkers I’ve had. The team members doing the dirty work day-in-day-out truly care about the work they do for clients and want to deliver great results.

Cons

This used to be a great place to work. Team camaraderie, opportunities for growth, a fun environment - until a new CEO was brought on a few years ago and layoffs started to occur at least once per year. It became a culture of fear, even for longstanding employees who knew the business inside and out and worked extremely hard. The entire ELT team is essentially all former co-workers from leadership’s previous company. Friends hiring friends, where accountability and transparency is non-existent. My team had gone to leadership many times with ideas for client retention, processes, and general feedback. Each time, leadership “listens” and you never hear back or get a follow up. Lots of “ideas” thrown around by leadership with no actions.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Above-average compensation Dynamic team environment No silo mentality – everyone works towards the same goals. Interesting projects and campaigns Managers focus on real results and encourage testing new ideas.

Cons

No coddling – you’re expected to have strong skills and make decisions quickly.

5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- I say all this as someone who has been around the industry and others: Code3 is one of the better places I've ever worked. - Awesome team members, legit some of the best / smartest people I've worked with, including my managers (despite other reviews) - Love my clients, and leaders have gotten so much better at assigning clients to team members based on interests and specialization (still a work in progress) - Good managers who care about me and are trying to make it all work - Fiscal transparency w/ monthly town hall meetings - Leadership is really trying to make things better in a turbulent macro-economy - If you are committed to 1% better everyday, and challenging yourself rather than waiting on others to push you, you will excel

Cons

- The main negative is there are a few unhappy team members who want to infect those around them; immaturity even at the mid and lower senior levels makes team dynamics difficult at times - As with any agency, the hours can be more than 40/week - especially on more complex accounts - Agency stability is based on client outcomes, more clients = growth, less clients = layoffs - simple business economics tbh - We could use more junior talent, to develop and provide tactical support, so CP and Activation leads can focus more on client strategy

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