Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,290 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 1,290 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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1.0
Sep 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good health insurance in the US -It was remote until they started a return to office in 2025

Cons

Thousands of layoffs In the past 3 years and a completely unprofitable business model have pulled several high performing businesses down into the depths of EBITA inferno. The stock price sunk 95% in 3 years and it’s forced them to fire good employees from every region across every position. Some leadership are preparing for the worst behind closed doors but won’t admit to the masses that this ship is sinking. There is not culture, there are no values. It’s just a waiting game at this point. All that remains is enchanting talk of the future of AI. Although Monks doesn't offer any unique AI services except to the likes of Google, Amazon and Microsoft, the all hands calls are filled with its tired stench. Rather than addressing real employee concerns, they choose to highlight unclear and esoteric visions of AI, with no widespread training of it to anyone at the company. We just witnessed a 90 minute all hands where thumbs down emojis couldn’t be stopped for the entire meeting, even by senior leaders who asked it to stop. The comment section was filled with angry employees demanding answers and accountability to the new return to office policy and lack of promotions, pay increases and clarity into layoffs. I’ve never witnessed anything like it in my career.

1.0
Sep 28, 2025

Would not recommend

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people who all suffer together

Cons

Management, work life balance, constant change

3.0
Sep 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, work-life balance, talent pool and service offerings were good for a while. Learned a lot of what to do and what not to do.

Cons

I was laid-off about two weeks after launching a successful and positively received tool. There was little career growth in the last two years. Management has been serving the same line for years without any clear plan of action. The multiple rebrands changed the name and little else.

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