Inizio reviews

Before the acquisition, this used to be a fun place to work. Challenging in the way that all communications agencies can be challenging, but kind people and a lot of heart for the employees. That said, those days are far gone. Inizio came in and stripped this place down to an environment where you better have a 90%+ utilization rate or you're likely to be "randomly selected" as one of what seems to be multiple rounds of layoffs. Layoffs have also lead to short staffing with no backfill, causing client accounts to tailspin from mistakes caused by staff stretched too thin across multiple accounts. No bonuses, no travel or prodev funding unless a client is paying for it, no WFH stipends, only minimal pay raises tied to performance. Benefits were cut pretty dramatically this year to save money (less comprehensive coverage with higher employee contributions). They're also implementing a strict RTO policy for people near an office which has further eroded morale. People are feeling burnt out, disconnected from the decisions of the holding company overlords, and bogged down by administrative head aches created by mushing a bunch of separate agencies together with no operational foresight. I strongly encourage people to steer clear unless the leadership and ownership significantly turns over.

I was shoved into a role after a PE acquisition and consequent re-org. Being in HR, I saw how little the leadership actually care about the people across the company. I heard the CEO say employees should “feel grateful” for being paid bonuses they earned, witnessed a structure get forced across the company, and was constantly stressed because of lack of support. Would not recommend working here.