AKQA Reviews

NO travel or parking reimbursement, NO reimbursement for travel to client's offices, NO gym reimbursement, NO cell phone / internet reimbursement, NO training budget ever gets approved, NO days off for training / conferences ever get approved, NO flexible vacation plan, NO lunches, NO work-from-home policy, NO modern equipment, NO leadership you can learn from, very rare to get time-in-lieu repaid for overtime / weekends / holidays worked, NO Christmas bonuses what so ever, horrible raises -- no wonder the average employment length is under 9 months. Think antiquated sweatshop with no vision or ability to sell, and that's AKQA in Sydney. Race to mediocracy because nobody at the wheel knows how to do anything other than BS clients and then farm the work out to contractors.

Problems, like many clients and staff, change frequently. But the essential problem of the business remains: you can’t make your clients happy if your staff don’t feel appreciated, empowered and supported. Lots of great people used to work at AKQA. Ask just about anyone who did and they’ll tell you they’re glad they’re gone.