Audienz Marketing - Recensione dipendente - Sr. Consultant presso Audienz

Lots of opportunity for career growth as a consultant, smart people

I've noticed some growing pains

I was told by my manager to pad my billable hours, a practice that would be considered unethical in most other industries. But the advantage of that is that I could finish some projects ahead of time and take unscheduled breaks or time off. It was fully remote, which works for some people. (I'm not personally a fan.) Clients are big household names, which is great to put on a resume. But that's about it. Audienz has a habit of bending over backwards to accommodate clients, often at the expense of the writers and consultants.

The culture was extremely competitive. Consultants don't work well together, and they tend to throw us writers under the bus if the client didn't love every single little thing about the products we gave them. Each consultant team or practice area had a completely different workflow and workstream, and we writers were expected to just automatically learn and plug into that. It was nigh unto impossible to completely please everyone we worked with. Everyone was trying to show off their marketing and business knowledge by throwing around constant jargon with my team, which only served to confuse rather than clarify. My manager was never supportive but instead constantly critical. It was clear she didn't want to see me in my role for very long. Upper management experienced a lot of turnover with the acquisition from the Channel Company, and a lot of people have been jumping ship lately.