This review is specifically for the Inbound Marketing Team in the Chicago office. During my time at TMP, half my team had quit or been fired.
Even when we had a full team (in the eyes of corporate), we were chronically understaffed causing many people to work too many hours (work through lunch). On top of the burnout, we were always told to work only 40 hours, so that meant we’re not producing quality work for any of our clients.
As a team, it would've been really great if we had experts from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor come in every 6 months to give us tips and tricks. With no one's education actually in content marketing, it was always a DIY situation where we learned as we go.
Unfortunately, many of TMP’s upper management (esp. account teams) have type A, dominant personalities (my way or the highway), so they're VERY good at belittling you, being degrading, and manipulating you. My boss also had many of these characteristics, but I want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he had to be like this to survive at TMP.
I think the most disappointing thing for me was that my boss made you really believe that he had your back, but there were way too many times that he didn't. There were too many contradictions from him. And whenever we brought this up, he got mad. (Why does this sound like an abusive relationship?)
Worst of all, TMP has made us all believe this is what every company is like and we need to suck it up. THIS IS A LIE. There are so many companies that are ethical, respectful, and care so much about the employees. I'm at a company right now that treats me with so much respect, cares about my growth, and there is no gossip or throwing each other under the bus.
When the Inbound Team reads this review, I’m sure there will be gossip, trying to decipher who wrote this review. I’m sure our boss will have assumptions and share his anger with the team, because that’s what he always does. It was always childish and rude. Please prove me wrong. Use this as a chance to see there's so many things wrong with the team and TMP and take this as a chance to grow and change.
I'm sad to say when people ask me about a bad work experience, TMP is the first company I think of.
