Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,291 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

31% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,291 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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4.0
Oct 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Super diverse, open, fun atmosphere. I could be 100% myself from day one. Super cool parties going on always, easy to network with other monks across the globe. Colleagues are absolutely amazing and interesting - great team players. Best working atmosphere I have ever experienced. I felt appreciated for my work on a regular basis and even though I was on a entry-level admin role, senior management approached me several times to thank me for my work. I would definitely go back and be a monk again in the future.

Cons

Chaos everyday, all day. Organizational structuring like twice an year, so whenever I got used to the new structure, they would change it all again. Hard to make a career plan in such an unstable environment. Changes would occur not because they were neccessary, but because senior management is messy and makes decision based on gut feeling/mood. Systems and way of working was obsolete and not efficient. I needed to do a lot of data entry and dumb work that could easily be automated. Not a very data-driven company. Promotions and hiring approvals were made based on I-dont-know-what, so way too much money was spent on it recklessly, which often resulted in hiring freezes and lack of internal growth opportunity.

4.0
Oct 26, 2022

Good People

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, interesting work, lots of opportunities to learn, on the whole its a very good work life balance

Cons

Salary is lower than most other dev jobs, occasionally you need to work long hours on projects

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