I felt worthless - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso MAXMEDIALAB

Working at MAXMEDIALAB was honestly one of the worst experiences I have ever had in my life. In a small team with such a 'flat' structure, I felt as if I had absolutely no voice or authority over how I worked or team processes. Being the support of the multiple teams, I felt as if there was no consideration for my growth or development, and I was left overworked and frustrated that I was getting nothing from it. Every day I went to work feeling like a lifeless robot, and completely lost passion for my work and career. The actual strategy and work that was completed for clients was often rushed, out of scope, and elementary. The clients were poorly educated and groomed by the agency to become co-dependant and clueless about the processes involved in their requests, and would deal with someone telling them 'no' by going directly to the CEO to complain about that individual. The leadership here was toxic – department heads were hired to fill chairs, and contributed nothing to the actual work that was being completed. Account directors were brought on only to be treated like PAs. The CEO herself often put down members of her executive team in front of other employees. The communication between departments was a nightmare. PR would often pitch media ideas to clients and pass them on at the eleventh hour, overpromising on concepts of which they did not understand the full capacity. We would then be blamed when we couldn't meet expectations, leaving client relationships unnecessarily tense and wounded. There is absolutely no culture at all, with the only sense of community I experienced being the one created by other employees who also hated being there. Planned team days were cancelled last minute with no real reasoning, in my time with the agency there was not a single team building day or team event held. There was no sense of your workspace being your own, and it was common practice for the CEO to come in over the weekends and bin everything that wasn't owned by the agency. I honestly can't put into words how much I would warn anyone about this agency and everything it stands for – the CEO attempts to control her employees by putting them down and embarrassing them in front of clients just to make herself look good. And I was definitely not alone in these sentiments, given that a whole department resigned within the space of a month. Please be wary when considering working here, I left here with a heavily affected mental state, and feeling misled and disrespected by the agency.