IQPC reviews

I worked here for over a year as a marketing manager and it was the most stressful experience of my life. As you read my review of IQPC Exchange, you might think "They're just being dramatic," but trust me, I wouldn't have spent the time to write all of this if it weren't true. Plus, all of the positive reviews you see were written by the recruiters or management teams to persuade people to apply for the entry level sales jobs. - Crappy pay - $35,000 annual salary as a Marketing Manager (85% below the average salary for mktg managers) - HEAVY workload for just one person - one manager is assigned to each event and is responsible for creating and executing the marketing plans (Website creation, SEO, social media marketing, email marketing, analytics & reporting, ALL advertisement & content design, Google Ads campaigns, paid social campaigns, media partnerships, onsite event materials, and more). I should mention that they are managing all of this for 4 to 6 events at one time. oh yeah... and you don't even get to travel to your events most of the time. -Everyone on the marketing team works 50 to 60 hours per week WITHOUT additional pay. They also get paid less than most of the sales reps. - Management does not care about you and does not listen to advice. They don't have any proper leadership training and honestly just got to the top because everyone else quit and they were forced to take on more responsibility. - Nepotism, office drama, and affairs are commonplace. - Very high turnover. The highest I've ever seen/heard of at any organization. - No diversity in the workplace. The sales managers only hire attractive, young girls with the exception of a few token individuals - probably required by corporate to prevent lawsuits. It feels just like a frat/sorority (In a bad way). - The office is super boring and does not have anything on the walls. I would never recommend this company to anyone. Management is corrupt and the office politics are ridiculous. There is a very obvious social structure and if you speak your mind at all, they get rid of you. This company needs a serious change if they want to avoid going bankrupt. Please trust me. Put yourself first and save your time, energy, and sanity - do not sign your life over to this company.

Terrible management and work environment. In my first week, I saw a group of people walking out after being fired. This was something new to me and also something I became very accustomed to seeing in my time at IQPC. As a Conference Producer, you are often given event topics that have been rerun too many times, something that is a direct copy of a competitor's event, or just topically irrelevant. Unfortunately, most events are doomed to fail from their inception and all team members associated with an event are then measured on their ability to shine a turd. The turnover rate is exceptionally high which speaks to the corporate culture. It also makes it very difficult to produce anything of quality as you are constantly working with new people, often in the middle of an event launch.