Its best days are long behind them - Anonymous employee Code3 Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the best people I've ever worked with. Truly conscientious people who care for one another.

Cons

Things have gone downhill massively over the past couple years since a significant shakeup in leadership, especially in Cleveland where they acquired a successful agency and slowly suffocated everything good about it. Because of this, there has been a mass of departures of most of their best people. What's left is a sad, dying monument to something that was once special. CEO wears a nice smile but cares only about making the board happy.

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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
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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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