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      Barkley Reviews

      3.3

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (234 total reviews)
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      Jeff King

      74% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Barkley has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 234 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barkley 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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      234 reviews
      1.0
      18 Apr 2018

      Don't judge this book by the cover. It may look fun and cool, but they are soul crushers.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Free beer. Cool building. Decent clients.

      Cons

      This place crushed me. I've never seen a more political, clique-centric "professional" environment in my life. Don't challenge the cool kids or you're out. For good. Don't expect to get any developmental feedback either. If they don't think you're where you need to be for your role, you will be set up to fail rather than course-corrected. Leadership and the people in the cool circle are only in it for themselves. Egos drive everything. I'd even venture to call a few of them downright nefarious. Run away and don't look back.

      1.0
      17 Nov 2017

      Worst Agency I’ve Ever Worked For. Easily.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      A few nice people. Decent hours aside from when working on pitches, which requires more energy and time than even the sweatiest shops I’ve worked for.

      Cons

      Terrible clients, shady leadership, run down building, disorganized projects, rampant sexual harassment, insane expectations of hours needed to work on pitches.

      2.0
      2 Aug 2018

      Don't believe the hype.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Aside from the top tier, the majority of the people that work here are hard-working, driven, and wonderful people. - If you can overlook the serious cons, beer and wine are on tap. - Nice rooftop deck if you are able to work away from your desk.

      Cons

      - Barkley is hemorrhaging employees for good reason, but refuses to acknowledge that there are any issues. - Loyalty is not rewarded in any way, nor is hard work. - Positions are incredibly underpaid for the industry in KC and the only way to advance is for someone above you to leave. - Salaries are not adjusted for cost of living each year. - Reviews are pointless as nothing changes, despite bringing up the same issues over and over again and taking it up the ladder. - The work is mediocre and many "ideas" are straight copies from other agencies/campaigns. - The higher ups are condescending, outright rude and rarely bring anything positive to the table. They expect employees to sacrifice their personal lives and happiness to get work done on that they then pat themselves on the back for.

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