21GRAMS Reviews

3.0

29% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)

Robert Blink

30% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

21GRAMS has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 21GRAMS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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71 reviews
1.0
1 Apr 2021

Just Another Pharma Agency

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A job's a job. Everyone needs to eat.

Cons

This review is being posted because the company continually promotes its special status as an agency that is "reinventing healthcare advertising." Let us know when there's an ad agency that isn't reinventing healthcare advertising. That would be special. 21Grams is just another pharma sweatshop with different branding. It's part of a holding company which is part of a holding company. You'll work on vis aids and sell sheets, websites and some web video. Occasionally someone will sell a client on an unusual idea. You'll kill yourself producing it and then med/legal will gut it. You'll feel exhausted and ashamed and wonder why you worked all those weekends and late nights for a headline and a bunch of ISI. Just like at every other shop in town. The one area in which 21Grams really excels is staff turnover. They have a real knack for firing people and making people quit. They should do a TedTalk on the subject.

1.0
11 Mar 2022

How does a soulless company claim to be named after the soul??

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- I was working from home, so not seeing these people in person everyday was a plus

Cons

- All managers, no leaders - Morally bankrupt - Weak creative output - Perpetually understaffed - Annual layoffs are in July - Complete sweatshop mentality - More people jumping ship than during the Titanic - The only inspiration I felt was that of finding another job

1.0
23 July 2021

Who’s running the show?

Recommend
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Pros

Well the people are pretty cool and down to earth.

Cons

I get we are in advertising, but the hours are grueling. We kept pitching and pitching and pitching. And yeah we were winning but no one was being hired. My team was so understaffed and people are swapped back and forth from teams every time there is a fire. No career growth or mentorship. The strategy department is a mess. It feels more like an emergency room than an ad agency.

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