- The people here are not strategic and they are not smart. They have smartly chosen an agency where they are not required to produce great results for clients as long as they fake the appearance of busy thought leaders. Caution: If you have a strong PR agency background, you will be frustrated daily by this.
- Structurally, W20 Group, WCG, and Twist are young, fast-growing companies (a plus), however, that also comes with growing pains. The structure doesn't exist and they are all too top heavy.
- Not enough junior staff which means that junior staff is always overloaded with work. At times, most of this work is just the busy work that someone else didn't want to do. Trying to learn a new skill or develop your career at W2O Group? Honestly, this isn't the agency for that.
- Internal communication sucks. People frequently leave and are let go without so much as an email. Oftentimes, the people that are let go lead big pieces of business and this further cripples the more junior staff.
- Turnover is very high. People, on average, last a year and it's usually the more intelligent employees that depart for better agencies. Unfortunately, the same non strategic people are the ones that stay and will probably continue to stay.
- No maternity leave. Personally, I came from an agency with a lot of leeway here and was thankful for that after my first son was born. Now, my husband and I are literally waiting to have our second until I can make a move.
- Join W20 Group, WCG, and Twist with a lot of caution. They are a waste of time agency.
- HR is also a joke. They can't help you but it's not their fault. Certain skills just aren't valued here and HR is definitely one of them. This can be seen by the recent "departure" of the NY Head of HR. Another "departure" that wasn't adequately communicated. They are looking to hire a HR Manager as a sub-par replacement. Good luck to that individual!
- The meme product is almost a bigger joke than the actual agency. Constantly, my clients question how it is even useful and there is nothing being done to fix it or make it a better offering.
