Ballantines PR Reviews

3.7

57% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

41% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
2.0
17 Nov 2017

Account Executive

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Pros

Interesting clients; opportunity to take on a lot responsibility

Cons

Founder would over promise clients results without the proper resources to deliver; company struggled with financial management; interns and inexperienced account execs would have too much responsibility without proper guidance

2.0
9 July 2025
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Pros

- Competitive salary, decent benefits - Less micromanaging than many other agencies - Most clients are interesting or high-profile - Owner has access to some exclusive clubs in LA

Cons

- Within the industry, this is not a competitive agency. There's a pretty big deficit in terms of talent and forward-thinking ideas - Generally disorganized as an agency - Some junior staff are unprofessional and get away with it. Many cannot take feedback without spiraling or retaliating - Owner interjects inappropriately in client meetings and unwarranted situations, which can be counter-productive and frustrating. For example, setting up ad-hoc external meetings without giving team members any context - Owner has verbally attacked various employees. She typically apologizes, but I would categorize it as abusive - Owner can be unprofessional in business situations, like being overbearing/rude to a potential client when we lost a new business meeting. I also found her to be flirty with a few men, which made me feel so gross to watch - Working with many poisonous, lazy, disingenuous freelancers

4.0
15 Feb 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Working from home, leadership opportunities, interesting clients

Cons

Sometimes taking on new business proposals and/or new clients that don't make sense in our fields of expertise or because they have very low retainers

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