Agency Bell Reviews

2.9

37% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)

43% positive business outlook

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10 reviews
1.0
24 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits. Salary is what's expected on the market.

Cons

Totally disorganized CEO who loves making simple things complicated. You'll be totally micro-managed and you'll have to create 100 spreadsheets to change a simple word on an ad. The CEO fires senior staff members by text messages. You'll be sold a big start-up when in reality the company can't even decide on a simple CRM. Absolutely ZERO work-life balance, you'll be harrassed on weekends for pitty things. Don't waste your time and pass.

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Agency Bell Response
4y
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Advertising professionals are more of a wildcard position because just as fast as they can make a big positive difference, misalignment in the work can unravel months of work in a specific direction. I won’t publicly discuss the circumstances of this termination. However, I will say that we never aim to terminate a new employment relationship so quickly and abruptly. I regret that we made this exception even once, as it made me realize we were not protected enough to avoid the kinds of risks that could endanger the work we’ve done with our team and for our clients who entrust us. While I am sorry to see that the end of your brief term caused negative feelings (nobody likes feeling rejected, especially advertising people who are actively running their own company their own way), I am certain than you are going to find a much better fit for your unique style work elsewhere. And I think you will do great while your own business continues to pick up. You are certainly a smart and talented dude. Thank you again for taking the time to write your candid thoughts in this online review. I wish you all the best and happiness in the next chapter of your life. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. You have my personal cell and I’m happy to speak to you any time. Regards, CEO
1.0
28 Aug 2023

Toxic company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote work with endless hours.

Cons

This company currently has one employee and it will never grow. The turnover rate is extremely high. Employees vanish quickly. Job-seekers should avoid this company. The CEO/owner is a bully who creates a destructive work environment, here's what to expect from him: - Overwhelms staff with absurd requests and procedures that lack logic or purpose. - Obsessed with time tracking and reporting every minute worked despite achieving no meaningful outcomes. - Fosters anxiety and dread through constant harassment and criticism. Unprofessional bullying behavior. - Indecisive, confused, and ineffective. Struggles with basic concepts and wastes everyone's time. - Promotes toxicity by belittling competence of staff despite his own incompetence. - Bombards staff with irrelevant messages and demands during all hours, including evenings, nights and weekends. - Micromanages in an oppressive manner. - Meetings stretch pointlessly with no decisions made. - No vision or leadership ability. Mires team in trivial details and confusion. - Drives away talent rapidly. Morale plummets under misguided, abusive management.

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Agency Bell Response
2y
Hello, I'm aware of who wrote this response. The writing style is a fingerprint. This is a barrage of incredibly hurtful statements. I wish for you to remove it and consider finding a less hurtful way to express yourself. The company and your colleagues (including me) did its best to work with you, support you, and guide you through a role you knew would require your best efforts in order to take on. You were offered severance, which you accepted, and you were offered post-termination support, which you accepted. Leaving this review and then making the statements you made later put a stain on a long-term relationship in which you and I both knew would be taking a chance. You expressed considerable gratitude for the position, regularly talked about how much you appreciated and enjoyed the company. You made statements about the vision of the company and your pride in being here. So to see you write this breaks my heart. Please consider removing this and sharing your thoughts with me over email or a letter. I take all feedback seriously, and, when necessary, personally. This doesn't have to be the way you leave your last words and have us remember you. I haven't let the team know about this review yet, because it will be obvious who it came from. You made a good effort and I want to recognize you for that. And you know I always acknowledge our shortcomings given the very big goals we set out for. But you and I know this was not the picture of the company that you're painting here. I'm so sorry things didn't work out. I really did believe in you. I hope you realize that you're better than this post, and consider taking it down. We will be fine if you leave it up, as the core team believes in what we're doing. But I don't wish for this to be how you're remembered. Ultimately, either way, I am sorry this didn't turn out to be the place you could call your professional home. We still were willing to work with you as a contractor after the dust settled. We made that offer, and I was sorry to see there wasn't enough time to sort that out before this review came along. I wish you well, whatever you decide. - CEO
1.0
14 Nov 2023

No vision, no mission, no culture.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I can’t think of any.

Cons

It’s a very toxic environment - verbal abuses and gaslighting. The CEO’s brain is like a maze and he constantly gets lost in it. He can’t think for himself or decide on simple yes/no questions. He is supposed to solve problems, but most of the time he is the problem. Things can go from bad to unbearable! I was not going to write a review, because thinking of this place makes me shiver, but I had to when I saw all these fake reviews written within a few days of each other trying to burry the real ones.

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Agency Bell Response
2y
This is an unprofessional and offensive review. The CEO is public about being neurodivergent. Taking a cheap shot at this says more about you than it does about him. You were given significant support, but you were ultimately terminated for not performing in your role or taking appropriate measures to reach the minimum standard. You were here for significantly less than the time stated. Had you been here that long, you would have acclimated to our culture and would likely not be making bigoted comments. We don't accept that in our company, and it's why DEI policies exist.
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