Don't believe the hype - this place is the opposite of empathetic and empowered - Anonymous employee Badger Agency Employee Review

1.0
26 Mar 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- You'll gain a new appreciation for every job you have after leaving because no matter how bad it is, it will never be as bad as Badger - You’ll make lifelong friends because of the shared experience of trauma and abuse from the owner - You'll make really great creative work...that clients never see because the owner comes in a the last minute and forces her tired, old school ideas in instead - You'll get the chance to push your startegy chops, since the owner cuts strategists totally out - You'll discover more resilience that you never knew you had trying to not have a mental breakdown (not a metaphor, many employees actually have over the years)

Cons

I wish I had paid attention to the warnings. I only wanted to hear the good things and that was a mistake. And that is the theme at Badger and Winters. Nothing is as good as it sounds: - Abuse disguised as "family" - Misogyny disguised as feminism - Tokenism disguised as diversity and inclusion - Control disguised as leadership - Traditional, outdated thinking disguised by slides that say "digital" or "social" - Racism disguised as "hispanic capabilities" - Berating disguised as discussion - The hollow pleading for forgiveness by an abuser disguised as affection - Empty words disguised as empathy - Chao disguised as scrappy - Mediocre work disguised as good (through no fault of the employees - all of their great thinking gets steamrolled by the owner's bad ideas)

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Badger Agency Response
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Thank you for giving us this feedback and we are very sorry that this was your experience during your multi-year tenure here. The values of feminism, diversity and inclusion, leadership and empathy are ones we take seriously and believe our agency team reflects those values on a daily basis in the work they do.

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Cons

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