&Barr Reviews

I was torn over whether or not to write this. On the one hand, I don't really care about &Barr or what's happening there—almost everyone I liked has moved on (either of their own volition or otherwise). However, all these over-the-top positive reviews are weird, and chalking up the negative ones as "just rants from bitter past employees" isn't accurate either. So, as a non-bitter past employee, I can attest that the negative reviews here hold water. I'm not saying "run, don't walk!!!" but I wouldn't recommend &Barr to a friend either—maybe just to someone I don't know very well. Why should you believe me? Because I don't care enough to lie.

So many cons. In fact the agency is one big con. This is an agency that is stuck in the past. It doesn't matter how many good people they bring in. Or how many monitors they put on a wall to display analytics. Good teams in every department end up leaving. Each person arrives thinking they are going to make a difference or change things. But then a couple of years go by, or in some cases mere months, and everyone is disillusioned. They realize the management is incompetent, the agency is not going to change and they move on. Or get layed off when the CEO has to make his numbers so he can please the "board" made up of his dad and brother. The entire executive team should be fired or just retire already! Take a look at their website and see how many old AF white guys are running the place. How about some diversity? Or old white women who haven't worked anywhere else or have a bad reputation for being the worst account people in Orlando. Ask around at other agencies. All the good people and anything good about this place has pretty much left the building. &Barr is being run into the ground by the management until the owners retire. Hard pass.