Pros
- I've made lifelong friends (some mentors) and so many of my team members were exceptional. - lots of varying clientele - good paid holidays / PTO days
Cons
- favoritism and kissing feet, if you can't shut down your morals and kiss a couple feet to climb this corporate ladder, then agency life in general is not for you -middle-senior leadership is twisted, greedy, fake, and stuck up. They do not respect you - they only care about how billable you are - ALL billable or nothing. They "encourage" you to "live fearlessly" and partake in DEI related programs / activations but ONLY on your additional free time. They'll allot a meet 2-5 hrs a month but also expect something spectacular. - Their DEI efforts are a joke, but that has to do we senior senior. The ones at the TOP - not the VPs-EVPs - the ones higher. - Severely underpaid, but they blame it on "industry standard", but everyone works 9+ hrs a day because theres "so much work" - then pay everyone more, BEAT the industry standard - Promotions are an act of favoritism and/or doing extra work - which again leans on being underpaid, especially the junior to mid levels (AAE-VP) who do ALL the grunt work - PR still reigns the agency, no other division gets even remotely the same recognition - Speaking out against public injustices, managerial issues, ANYTHING REALLY that doesnt align with senior leads? You have blacklisted yourself 🤗