LB is still a "Good Ole Boys Club"in many aspects - Anonymous employee Leo Burnett Employee Review

2.0
Apr 5, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great perks and benefits. Many great, smart co-workers and blue chip clients.

Cons

Unfortunately, the position I was hired to do wasn't cultivated as it should have been and I, sadly, ended up being a paper pusher. Very disappointing to say in 2016 but they made sure the "boot licker" older male in the department ended up in a good job while women that had much more experience ended up as paper pushers. This was like a bad marriage - the gig started off with so much promise and then you realize you married the wrong guy. Better and happier agencies, that treat their people equally in Chicago for sure.

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Many. Frozen promo cycles even after being formally recommended. No merit increase after year one. CCO at the time ignored internal issues and instead continually offered up the proverbial Kool-Aid. Long hours, like getting teams messages/requests at 10pm for a morning deadline. Plenty of ego and pressure to go around (depending on your team).

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