What in the world?!? - VP, Account Director Dentsu Employee Review

1.0
Oct 27, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great people who want to deliver outstanding work. Great brands to work with.

Cons

Some projects are worse than dumpster fires. None of the essentials you need (complete scope, no definition of done, no requirements, etc). People are burning out and no one cares. Managers don’t know how to manage or onboard and they don’t take responsibility for their failures. They put it on you. Micromanagement is a thing. The expectation is that you work 12+ hrs a day and the weekends to fix a mess that was created well before you started. It’s all optics for the client but the client sees the mess. Leaders don’t want to bring in other experts from around the company even if they know how to do the work. They wait until after the project is on fire.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

I’ve been with dentsu for 4 years and I’ve really enjoyed my time. I’ve learned a lot, and worked with very smart people internally and had had interesting clients externally. Making the jump to a big agency was lethal in my professional career. This company offers great flexibility, and awesome PTO. I was able to get promoted, however promotions take a long time.

Cons

Some clients are extremely demanding. Long nights where the clients want to activate something that day or next day and our own internal teams don’t have our back and are also pushing for out of control activations. In my 4 years here, we had one annual salary raise which is not acceptable or fair to everyone. The market rate is way above what we’re getting paid. Dentsu needs to keep up as they’re on the lower end of the pay range and people are leaving because we’re losing hope of ever getting a salary raise when we could job hop and easily get 20% more. Truly disappointing since I have enjoyed my time here. The company has lost major clients and it’s difficult to feel hope for any promotions or raises.

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