This company should have been sold a long time ago. If it was managed by executives and a parent company that had morals, valued people, had ethics, didn't turn a blind eye to corruption and dysfunction, it maybe would stand a chance to staying open. The only reason this agency is open, is because no one is brave enough to sue for the misconduct and way women are treated.
I have never been treated with so much disrespect by managing partners, or leadership in my 15-year advertising career. Leadership is run by children. The CEO is at BEST an Account Supervisor. A female President who is diplomatic via email, but unable to delegate responsibility to the people she has hired to do a job. The agency is micromanaged by "executives" who don't know how to properly communicate, don't support their teams and only care about the bottom line. Any positive feedback this agency has reviewed on this website is written by Creative Directors who are best friends with the right people and have only had one job their entire career because they are lazy. Their work is non-existent. Their books? Ha. The employees who have drank the kool-aid and have worked there more than 8 years: working miserably, because they know they will never get paid their salary at any other NYC agency that would ACTUALLY critique their work.
Nepotism is rampant. Employees who are toxic still have jobs because the CEO is too much of a COWARD to fire someone who isn't performing , because leadership cares more about appearance then the work. Leadership cares about looking "cool." The new Chief Creative Officer? Can't even write proper sentences in an agency wide email. My school age child can write better than the newly hired CCO who has no actual proven track record of success. Hired because he has won awards? Who actually WON the awards?
Bait and Switch. I am ashamed to have worked at an agency that is centered on hypocrisy. Be great to do good?! The culture is non-existent. You are better off staying at a global agency - and HR has the power to help change the status quo. HR doesn't seem to have much say- on the outside the director is probably a puppet for the CEO.
There are a handful of really talented people in this agency. Those employees, I give 30 days to realize the mistake they've made and can only encourage them to go back to their previous workplace. The SVP's and other high paid people will never leave because they know their work is MEDIOCRE.
No one know what they are doing. Across the board incompetence, like I have NEVER witnessed in my entire life. You want to get paid a lot? Sure, join The Bloc - you are selling your soul and that paycheck comes at a high cost.
