BarkleyREI Reviews

3.7

76% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

Jeff King

100% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
2.0
15 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent laptops and hardware, gave you an iPhone, casual dress, reasonably interesting technology

Cons

It's an open floor plan. The entire company (except for the important people who have offices) get to sit at 8 person desks. So, little to no privacy. And while they have various sitting areas you can in theory go and do some work in, people "notice" that you aren't at your desk. It's the worst sort of peer pressure where the appearance of sitting at your desk is THE most important thing. Oh, and when the entire team goes out to lunch, what they mean is they all walk to get takeout, and eat at their desks, while consumed by their work. It's the most backwards thing I have every seen in any company I have worked at. And I was interviewed by a great team lead/manager, who was one of the main reasons I took the job. They didn't bother to inform me that he left, and I get the surprise of a new manager, who I didn't get the chance to interview with, and who I really didn't hit it off with. You can hear a pin drop in the office, because everyone chats all day long in the company chat rooms, how anti-social is that?

2.0
23 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun, warm, and hard working staff that does what it can to support one another. Great office, free parking, good number of days off. You can learn a lot quickly if your new to digital marketing. Worth a stop in your career journey to get some experience and move along.

Cons

There is a confusing relationship between Barkley REI and the parent ad agency headquartered in Kansas City. HQ doesn't support REI with proper oversight and staffing leaving those in the trenches helpless. High staff turnover, directors go unsupervised making it feel like working at a tiny agency with one owner. Workload adds up with little thought or care for project scope and the time it takes to deliver for clients. If you want to maintain a healthy work life balance be prepared to chose between disappointing clients and performing poorly or pushing back on directors making the day to day confrontational and uncomfortable.

2.0
10 June 2020

Come for the ESOP. Stay for the Stockholm Syndrome.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Creative people & projects; casual atmosphere; benefits are OK (but were even better when the Employee Stock Option Plan, ie ESOP, was still a thing) Morale should be better after the recent termination of a Sr Account Director who was a nightmare to work with (hostile, condescending, unpredictable, manipulative)

Cons

For years, unprofessional behavior was not just tolerated but sometimes rewarded. Anything goes, it seems, as long as you work long and billable hours. This made for a toxic environment and ridiculous high turnover rate that other companies would consider problematic

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