Vantaggi
I started working for Enhance when the company was still very small. I joined initially as a telesales exec, and over the two years or so that I worked here I rocketed from an entry level position to running several large accounts. I left as I was moving to London and commuting back to town would make no sense.
I wanted to leave a review from my perspective as I think it will provide some contrast. At the end of the day, this experience has allowed me to build a decent career for myself in London that would simply have not been possible if it weren't for my time here.
The big pro for me is that EM offer a true "sink or swim" opportunity for anyone with a brain who can handle pressure. There is no local equivalent outside of London, full stop. They will take a graduate, see what interests them, see what sort of work they produce, and in a very short period that person will (if they perform well) be given the reigns over some pretty big tasks and contribute massively to key service lines. If you can't deliver, or can't handle pressure, then you will feel it. There are no employers anywhere local that will give you such an opportunity for accelerated career development.
If you CAN handle pressure and work to deadlines, then you will find salaries blow everything out of the water, and the sky really will become the limit of where you can go. I went from £7 an hour to 30 grand a year in about 18 months. The work was pretty high pressure, and the ability to improvise, roll with the punches, and think outside the box was tested. There were some late nights at the office. There were some stressful meetings. But that's business, and anywhere where you are intimately involved in make-or-break projects this going to be the same :)
When I moved to London to work at a big agency, the levels of stress were exactly as they were before, and even now, at my current place, I have had to pull plenty of late nights. Whats crazy is that my salary has barely improved since I left the company. I know I would be earning far more if I had stayed.
If you are ambitious and want to make a serious career in this industry this is THE best opportunity going in the Woking area.
Also, nights out were generally hilarious The MD is generous on the drinks, and you can expect your mates to be looked after as well. Really good to blow off steam at the end of the week.
Svantaggi
For me, the biggest negative was ideas not being taken on board by senior management. As the company transitioned to the MD being more hands off this became less of an issue as my autonomy grew.
