Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,299 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

30% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,299 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Monks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 30, 2023

Golden handcuffs and boring work

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Pros

- Flexibility with remote working - Extremely welcoming group of people - Company is growing and expanding rapidly bc of previous success - Good pay, amazing benefits

Cons

- Lack of interdepartmental communications and overall lack of processes - So much disorganization - those who had nothing to do with the disorganization then have to work weekends in order to hit a made-up client deadline that ends up getting pushed by the client anyways. You're not comped for the weekend work either. - Unlimited PTO is a scam. You will be asked to work/join meetings on those days off and guilted if you do not. You have to create your own boundaries knowing their opinion of you will lessen - Unhealthy relationship with some clients, getting pushed around bc they can't have honest conversations with them and rely on their business to keep place afloat - The literal work created is pretty small potatoes and never worth the last minute running around teams to do make things happen - Overall, the place feels like it's being run by old school ad people who think being worked to the bone is a sign of pride when really we're just making low quality ads inefficiently. - People are going to start dropping like flies if company doesn't figure out how to stand up to clients and put "deadlines" into perspective in terms of how it affects their employees and their personal time.

4.0
Jan 30, 2023

Heart is in the right place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

TheoremOne leaders are generally operating from a good place and trying to do the right thing. A fairly positive work environment exists where people are encouraged to be straightforward and genuine with each other, and not hide problems. Communication with leadership is open and bidirectional.

Cons

Leaders sometimes seem to struggle with clear communications. Despite good intentions, corporate language can muddy the waters.

1.0
Jan 30, 2023

Toxic work environment/all politics no merit

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Pros

Big client names for your CV

Cons

Toxic work environment where everyone thinks they are the shiniest star in the universe. Very bad coordination between design and development. It's more important to be good friends to people high up rather than being good at what you are doing.

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