Now that you're out of my life, I'm so much better - Anonymous employee AbelsonTaylor Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Central location, free Friday lunches, numerous charity and learning opportunities. It took leaving here to fully understand how much it consumed my life and how unhealthy and negative of a person I became. Leaving AT felt like dumping an abusive ex that made me keep coming back because I felt trapped with no other options. I feel so much lighter and happier. I will survive, keep on surviving

Cons

I would rather pluck each of my toe nails off my toe, one by one, and then stick them in a pair of sandals and walk down Michigan Avenue with them bleeding than ever work here again. Work became my life here. Being stressed every night and feeling anxious during the weekends became the norm.

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AbelsonTaylor Response
6y
Thanks for the feedback and I appreciate that you are satisfied with the performance of our CEO. I’m also glad to hear you like the free lunch Friday, charity and learning opportunities. We pride ourselves in being able to give back to local charities and offering learning and training opportunities for our employees. While working in advertising can be a bit crazy from time to time, it’s unfortunate you felt so consumed and unhealthy. We would never want that for our employees. We recently asked employees for feedback and heard a desire for more flexibility, so we introduced summer Fridays and more flexibility around working from home. It has been widely successful thus far. Additionally, our SWOT analysis (from an outside consultant) of the Agency was just completed. We were able to gain internal and external perspectives on our areas of strengths, areas that need additional attention and areas of opportunity to help us achieve our important objectives for this year and beyond. We have already implemented some of these tactics and will continue to do so for the remainder of the year. And with our successful in-house professional development program in place, our employees are able to participate in a variety of courses to further their growth potential here at AT. As you know, we are an independent agency and will always continue to be. That’s what sets us apart from the rest. We are an employee owned company with 14 partners, and that number will continue to grow. The potential for our staff is huge as far as a career growth goes. With an average tenure of 8.5 years, compared to the national average of around 4 years, the opportunities for growth is almost double. Not to mention, our turnover rate is far below the average for an advertising agency. I appreciate your feedback and wish you the best of luck on your future endeavors. Should you want to share more of your experience, you can email me at beth.carik@abelsontaylor.com

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AbelsonTaylor Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. We take feedback about workplace culture seriously, which is why this review is concerning and does not reflect the environment we strive to create every day. At our agency, we are deeply committed to fostering a collaborative, respectful, and supportive culture. We also want to clarify that we do not have an HR department; our People Experience (PX) team is specifically dedicated to employee support, engagement, and wellbeing. Any reports of bullying, harassment, or inappropriate conduct would be addressed immediately and thoroughly, and to date we have not received concerns matching the circumstances described here. While we cannot verify the experience outlined in this review, we continuously evaluate how we can improve the employee experience and maintain a respectful workplace for everyone. We encourage any current employee with concerns to speak directly with our PX team or leadership so issues can be addressed constructively and confidentially.
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