Poorly run company - Graphic Designer Aquent Employee Review

1.0
2 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good introduction to several companies if you are new in the field.

Cons

They do not look out for the worker's interests. I worked for them under their previous two company names -- MacTemps and Aquent. Somehow I was placed on a "Do Not Hire" list even though many of the companies I worked for requested me by name. When I tried multiple times to get an explanation from their main office and left many voice mail messages, the HR department refuses to return my calls.

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5.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work was remote and easy job

Cons

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3.0
1 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, but Cigna insurance likes to take the cheap route on everything from MRIs to colonoscopies.

Cons

For "budgetary reasons," my contract work for an industrial automation company got "offshored" to Asia. After working on the same ongoing project for over six years, Aquent didn't respond to my application for work on other projects, and they completely cut me off from company email or anything else. In total, I had worked for them for more than 7.5 years, and this is the way they treat people?! Also, I never got a raise in that entire time. Actually, I went from being a fulltime employee to hourly talent when there was an earlier shortage of work.

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