Pros
Let me say at the outset that I’m a senior and proud of it. I love this job and worked hard to get to where I am. I’m proud of the work we do, the results we get, and the successes we’ve had. I’m also proud of the work that I do. This is a real review and no one asked me to write it. In fact, I had no intention of ever writing a review here. This is true for a number of reasons. Until now, I just really didn’t care about this site. But I just read the review that posted today and was compelled to drop everything to respond. Not for the company, not for the potential candidates, not to “get ahead”, but for myself. We all understand that this page is a forum for the poor, sad, underprivileged and misunderstood FORMER employees to exploit anonymity to reveal to the world all the reasons which anyone but themselves should be blamed for their unsuccessful employment with C-4. Recent examples include aggressive emails with ALL CAPITALS in them, switching out paper towels to the non-leading brand, your good work going unnoticed, etc. The thing that all these “bad” reviews have in common is that they all blame the company for ALL the failures of the people who are no longer with C-4. Read them, it’s always the company’s “fault,” their seniors’ “fault,” managements “fault.” I wouldn’t say C-4 or any company is perfect, but I really enjoy the work, the people and the culture here. I like the work I do and I love the people I do it with. I love when my clients win because that is a win for everyone on our team. I’ve watched the company grow for a small scrappy startup to a major force in the digital marketing industry. And I got to be part of that.
Cons
This job is hard. It’s busy, sometimes disorganized and the work piles up. We’ve grown a lot and they put in an entire new layer of management. Management promoted from within the company. Some of us are still better at handling client accounts and doing the work than managing our peers. I apologize if I’m one of those individuals. Clients are sometimes unreasonable, deadlines are often unreasonable and senior management is usually unreasonable. Work/life balance isn’t always great. Some of these themes are accurately stated in some negative reviews. Most of these themes are way over-exaggerated in most reviews.