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Ideas That Evoke

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Ideas That Evoke reviews

2.3

27% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Kelly Ehlers

40% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ideas That Evoke has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ideas That Evoke employee rating is 38% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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54 reviews
1.0
Feb 8, 2024
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Pros

- They are good at brainwashing. They make you believe in something bigger than yourself, all for it to be a mirage. - Depending on who you are, if you continue to not show up for your staff or clients, you will be protected - so try and work your way into being a favorite. - They always have a balloon arch for all party events.

Cons

- Management does not care about your well-being. - If you disagree with one of the core 7 folks that have been there for years, you will eventually be managed out / or laid off. - Management is catty, there is always gossip about you, your peers, and your clients. - The owner talks about how she wants to empower young women within her own city, but continuously hires young folks out of college to underpay them and manipulate them. - Folks are cold and malicious in her "coaching" and "leadership" attempts. - They always have a new excuse as to why you are being underpaid, but it never quite makes sense. - You are constantly being doubted/micromanaged even if you have proven your skill set. - Before working there, and in the first 3 months, you think people are exaggerating these reviews, but they all soon come into view as truth.

1.0
Dec 11, 2023

There's better fits

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Pros

It's very trendy, I did feel flashy and cool but it didn't make up for lack of substance

Cons

Lack of substance, growth, learning. In my experience, you're hired to be a punching bag and there's really only a handful of people who actually have any strategic input. You'll be a executor only which is fine if that's what you're looking for but there are dozens of places in Madison I'm finding that are more in-depth and encourage personal and professional growth better. I just felt a bit gross - the top of the company still feels like I'm living Mean Girls. I read the reviews and chalked it up to bitter employees but it was jarring how this seems to be an occuring long term issue for them. There are some genuinely brilliant people there, but the people calling the shots are necessarily those brilliant people (or close to it). At the very top of the company comes an individual more focused on her appearance as some genius business women than someone who has a remote care of her employees. The feeling of them watching from their ivory towers was very real and very derepressing

1.0
Feb 9, 2024

Just don’t do it.

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Pros

I got to work with some really great people over the year, ones who I’ll stay in touch with.

Cons

Looking back at my time at The Evoke Agency, it’s pretty disappointing, especially with what went down last week when they laid off a bunch of us because they couldn’t keep their clients. The past few months were rough with so many people leaving, and nobody really knew what was going on. Despite the cool office vibe and all, the company didn’t really help us grow professionally, especially us younger folks. Instead of helping us improve, they seemed more interested in boosting up the higher-ups, giving them all these opportunities while the rest of us were stuck doing the same old tasks without much chance to shine. They’d throw us a tiny bonus (like 100 bucks a quarter), but it didn’t really make up for the lack of real motivation with a skeleton team. The office felt like high school sometimes, with certain people getting special treatment and all this gossip flying around. Some got to work from home, while others didn’t, and don’t even get me started on the huge pay differences between us. The big boss seemed more concerned about how she looked than what was actually happening, and with so many people leaving, it was obvious things weren’t going great. Even though the client team was bringing in some cool clients, we just didn’t have enough team members and enough guidance to produce what we needed to get the job done right. As more people left, management didn’t seem to care about fixing the real issues or replacing some major positions. And then, bam, I got laid off too. It’s a wake-up call about how shaky things are at The Evoke Agency. I can’t really recommend it if you’re looking for a stable job where you can grow. The layoffs are a sign that things aren’t going well, and they don’t seem to care about us employees.

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