Cult London Reviews

It's very likely you'll crawl out as a shrivelled husk of your former self – bereft of personal life, confidence totally beaten out of you, feeling incapable of anything – despite the fact you’ve just worked harder, faster, and on more things that seemed impossible than most people ever will. As plenty of people have mentioned, the co CEO’s and those in their inner circle are, and I do not say this lightly, vicious bullies who publicly shame and chastise. Hard work is seldom rewarded or acknowledged. Minor slip-ups (which will happen when people regularly work late into the night and over weekends) are blown out of all proportion as the management live in fear of losing a client. The rate and regularity with which people quit, and the difficulty in recruiting to fill those gaps is really telling. It also means that those who haven’t got out yet are left under ever increasing pressure as teams and support systems shrink, whilst the demands being made of them remain the same, or increase in an attempt to over-service clients. The co-CEO's make a real effort to appear warm and loving and use the word Family non stop. If this is a family it's an abusive one based around the false support of a forced sisterhood, a failure to meet basic HR HR needs and requirements and parents who will stab you in the back at any moment. They are charismatic leaders, manipulating and controlling everything, making Cult the perfect name for that they have built.

Extremely toxic environment as co-founders micro-manage and destroy your work, effort and ethic. No realistic expectations or support: From day one you are thrown in the deep-end and expected to juggle ongoing tasks without proper briefing or introduction to the clients. Abusive treatment from one of the co-founders, including constant public humiliation and tear-down of your work. This has affected my mental state and has had a huge negative impact on my confidence and abilities. Destructive feedback limits your capacity to improve your work and lowers morale. The most constructive piece of feedback received during employment was "nice subject line", when crafting an email to a client. Limited point of view in terms of workflows, team building and ethics. Double-standards and favorites destroy morale and the sense of community that comes from a small agency, being told-off for any given reason or sent off to do menial tasks below your pay-grade Poor work-life balance: 24/7 e-mails and early starts/late nights whether there are tight deadlines or not. No lunch hour, be prepared to quickly by your food and eat at your desk. Arriving or leaving on time earns looks and is constantly frowned upon, whether you completed your work or not. Calling in sick usually means working from home or is otherwise frowned upon to miss more than one day of work. Run by 20-year olds, the entire place feels cliquey, in which circles are quickly formed and gossip spreads like wildfire. Constant judgement of each other and high egos often get in the way of mutual respect and professionalism between employees. No personal/professional development as managers do not care for anything other than making money.