Zeno Group reviews

- favoritism and kissing feet, if you can't shut down your morals and kiss a couple feet to climb this corporate ladder, then agency life in general is not for you -middle-senior leadership is twisted, greedy, fake, and stuck up. They do not respect you - they only care about how billable you are - ALL billable or nothing. They "encourage" you to "live fearlessly" and partake in DEI related programs / activations but ONLY on your additional free time. They'll allot a meet 2-5 hrs a month but also expect something spectacular. - Their DEI efforts are a joke, but that has to do we senior senior. The ones at the TOP - not the VPs-EVPs - the ones higher. - Severely underpaid, but they blame it on "industry standard", but everyone works 9+ hrs a day because theres "so much work" - then pay everyone more, BEAT the industry standard - Promotions are an act of favoritism and/or doing extra work - which again leans on being underpaid, especially the junior to mid levels (AAE-VP) who do ALL the grunt work - PR still reigns the agency, no other division gets even remotely the same recognition - Speaking out against public injustices, managerial issues, ANYTHING REALLY that doesnt align with senior leads? You have blacklisted yourself 🤗

- Stop placing the burden of high turnover on junior staff. 90% of my last year there was just me being staffed on a new account every few weeks because someone had quit. This is not an "exciting opportunity" to someone who has a full workload. This is a making junior staff your permanent stop-gap solution a lack of company resources, and directly impacts and inhibits their growth at the expense of hitting revenue goals. - PTO not competitive. Depending on your team, you may be expected to work during PTO or Holiday times when everyone else is enjoying time off. - The agency sells-in being closed the last 2 weeks of the year as a huge benefit; the reality is most junior staff will be expected to work to "keep things moving" during this time. - Awful work/life balance, despite the fact that they have "resources" available for employees (free Headspace membership, and I think there's like a few free therapy sessions?), Zeno uses this to exploit junior staff - If you're close to the EVP on the digital team, congratulations! You'll have a leg up on company exposure opportunities, premium accounts, and promotions/raises/spot bonuses. You'll forget spot bonuses even exist if you aren't in her circle. - Signing on at 8:30 is considered late, signing off at 5:30 is considered leaving early. Yes, you will get nasty looks and passive aggressive comments for setting personal boundaries (unless you have children; the digital team is only lax on boundaries in this regard) - No clear path for growth/development. Promotions doled out based on favoritism.