VSA Partners, LLC reviews

Watching a formerly great brand and design firm slowly cut its talent to the bone, and beyond. And living with the anxiety over whether you'll be next on the layoff list. VSA is simply living month to month, hoping new revenue will show up. Careers used to be be built here, but now it's a place to get out of.

Management/C-suite is secretive and makes a lot of promises with very little positive outcome or change. Most managers at the company are people willing to bend under the pressure of those above them or the client, which causes a huge lack of creativity and no innovation. Client Experience/Account Managers are huge 'yes-men' and overpromise quite a lot to clients, resulting in intense crunch periods for the rest of the team, feeling very unfair. Project management varied greatly from project to project, with most projects feeling frenetic and unorganized. For an agency with a large creative legacy, their current scoped work is very corporate and allows for very little design exploration. No actual investment in what makes design/strategy agencies competitive in 2023. Constant talk of AR/VR/NFTs/experience design, with absolutely no follow-through. Culture tends to follow 'whoever is the loudest in the Zoom call', leading to tense conversations and arguments in team meetings. Sometimes in front of clients too. Zero pay transparency, non-competitive salary, and lackluster benefits. Three layoff periods during my time at VSA hurt employee morale and many people who got laid off were loyal, hard workers.