Executive - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso idfive

1,0
25 ott 2019
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They strive to make an environment that is flexible providing opportunities to work from and make time up when needed. They offer a full service agency providing a fully cohesive advertising experience for clients. There's good hard working people that work here that really want to do their best.

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There's a lot of talk about culture and only working with clients that want to do good in the world. The reality is this far from the truth. The culture consists of forced social activities often after work or on weekends. On the rare chance that an event is held during work hours it is held over employees where they're told they should be grateful. Even going as far as to say exactly how much money the company is losing for you to be there and how much the event cost. Another big part of the culture is that there is no room for "egos" but this seems to only apply to select employees and to management. Another key saying is "there's no such this as this isn't my job", while this sounds good it is used to take advantage of employees who feel that they cannot say no to work or say that they're busy resulting in unbearable work loads. As far as clients go there are some that do good but over the past year it has become about the money. The idea of looking before you leap does not exists with new clients continually being added without thought on how to manage the business, whose going to manage the business, or if it's a good idea in the first place. This also results in less than transparent business practices. Based on the way that the company holds everything over it's employees, guilts them when they speak up, and squeezes employees to always do more it is apparent that the companies priorities are not it's employees. There is no HR and conflicts of interest within the company with the CEO married to another employee that has been promoted rapidly (he met while working together as CEO and partial owner). There is little to no room to address any issues within the company nor does there seem to be anyone properly trained to do so. I would highly suggest this as the CEO company often makes very inappropriate jokes in very public venues. With all of this said and you end working with this company you'll be told that the high turnover is either because people cannot hack it, they don't want to good, or they couldn't handle the restructuring.

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Risposta di idfive
6y
Thank you for your review and for the opportunity to hear feedback that can help us improve our company.I agree that we have good (I'd say the best), hard-working people at idfive. And I'm proud that our retention rates far exceed industry standards every year, proof of our shared dedication to working with nonprofit and education clients. I'm also proud that we're growing at a time when many agencies have been forced to downsize or fold. As you point out, our growth means that we work hard, our pace is fast and our expectations are high. We're definitely an agency "on a mission," and, like all mission-based organizations, we may not be the right fit for everyone.Thanks again for sharing your perspective.Andres ZapataCo-founder, idfive

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5,0
22 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Transparency: They are incredibly transparent about finances — so there are no surprises when things are not going well and they share the wealth when the company is doing well. Human: The owners are good people who care about the well-being of the team. They are in the trenches alongside you and host employee get-togethers at their home. There is a real small-business family feel to this agency. Respect Your Time: Company is structured around employees time. Work-life balance is baked into the timelines and the goal is for everyone to be done work at 5. Pay: For Baltimore, the pay is definitely above average

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Depends on what you're looking for, so these may not be cons, but two things to note: -Smaller budgets for clients (mostly regional) -Micro-management of daily tasks / time

1,0
11 ott 2024
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Can’t think of any. Their whole doing-good thing is a sham given how they treat staff.

Svantaggi

Nepotism at its finest when unqualified people promoted at expense of talented people. Some of the true stories about these people behind the scenes would turn your hair. All the rah rah pep rally self congratulations is pretty icky when they lay people off with no real severance and in spectacularly thoughtless ways. Also, prepare to be underpaid. No advancement opportunities.

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Risposta di idfive
1y
Thank you for the feedback. We are not perfect, that's for sure. It's disheartening to learn that you feel this way as we work relentlessly to improve the operation and culture at every turn. "Fivers" stay with us for an average of 8 years because, as you know from your 4 years with the company, we run a compassionate operation that believes people can rise to better serve clients, be better team members, and meet our strategic and professional goals. It is true that when someone underperforms, we invest in lengthy course-correction strategies rather than beefy severances. Finally, we lean heavily on our independent Human Resources Consultants to make compassionate, fair, and appropriate business decisions, including how much people earn based on their performance and fair market rates. Thanks again for the feedback and best of luck in your next adventure!
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