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Zimmerman Advertising reviews

2.9

43% would recommend to a friend

(788 total reviews)
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Jordan Zimmerman

36% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Zimmerman Advertising has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 788 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Zimmerman Advertising employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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788 reviews
1.0
Oct 26, 2024

Please believe all the negative reviews! Beyond Toxic!

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Pros

A steady paycheck and you get to work with a few talented people that have been so beaten down they lack any confidence in themselves

Cons

The owner loves to make pretty speeches and have townhalls raving about family and team and collaboration and purpose. Seems great if it was actually true. What is actually true is that Zimmerman has earned their terrible reputation. The expectation is to come early, stay late and forgo having any balance in your life. Even those that do are subject to frequent scolding from the higher ups. You have zero margin for error and they definitely let you know that. They like to refer to themselves as "the machine" and that is exactly what you are treated like, a machine. They do not care about any of their employees and would not dare to care about anything going on in their employee's lives. I have watched so many people get blindsided by being fired, not for performance, but for not drinking the Zimmerman Kool-Aid. Coworkers breaking down into tears is commonplace with the reaction from management being "I don't know how to react to your emotion". The stress is unrelenting and the environment (in office or remote) is truly toxic. Please avoid this place at all costs!

1.0
Aug 6, 2023

Worst Place Ever

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Pros

the best reason to work here is the feeling you get when you get another job.

Cons

CEO is a deranged man. The team under him isn't much better. Current advertising trends are lost on them as they have no resources to new technology or research. They lie to their clients, they fudge reports and sometimes have committed fraud. The accounts they win are usually one step away from bankruptcy. They win them by lowering their fee and taxing staff that works on other accounts. The department heads are either too scared to tell Jordan he is wrong or too stupid to know. You will regret working here. Usually it takes 2 to 3 months. Low pay long hours, no respect.

1.0
Jan 20, 2022

Awful fear based culture

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Pros

cool looking office near restaurant options some good people that have been trapped there too long

Cons

Toxic negative fear based culture No respect for people as simple as human basic rights Yelling and screaming is common in upper management

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