Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,295 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 1,295 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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5.0
Dec 9, 2024

Great leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Had an excellent boss and learned a lot from senior creatives on the accounts I worked on. Work location flexibility

Cons

Seems to be continuous layoffs here. Huge bummer.

1.0
Dec 9, 2024

Worst Company

Recommend
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Pros

Nothing outstanding. Receiving salary, bonus, health benefits like every other company.

Cons

From last 2 years, we are only witnessing layoffs. Every quarter, they fire bunch of people by saying they are not making profit/company is going in loss. Problems lies in the management, they do not know how to sustain a business. The only thing they do is change the name of company and believe that they will gain new customer by doing so.

3.0
Nov 28, 2024

Headed downhill

Recommend
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Pros

-Really great benefits, especially health insurance, at zero cost to employee. -Remote work flexibility across the board. -Pockets of great people doing great creative work.

Cons

-Lack of clear vision/identity from senior management. Can’t decide if Monks is an agency or production company. Don't have a strong plan for profitability either way. -Poor employee retention due to lack of opportunity for growth/development. As stated in other reviews, standard HR protocols like annual performance reviews aren’t conducted, seemingly so that raises never need to be given out. Top talent sees this and is leaving as a result. -As stated in other reviews, large swaths of talented employees are being laid off simply to be swapped for lower-cost replacements in other countries. -As also stated in other reviews, the company aggressively expanded through a series of poorly managed acquisitions that led to a lot of internal friction. They swung for the fences but ultimately whiffed, with stock plummeting as a result. -Individual client teams largely operate as independent entities. So you better like where you land, because stretch opportunities are minimal.

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