Pros
Some pleasant and impressive colleagues. Good central London office location, if that matters to you. Perks like free lunches twice a week.
Cons
Work is very rinse-and-repeat, recycling old ideas for new clients. Dated methodologies, little-to-no investment in training and development opportunities for staff. Requests for attending training, industry events etc. are not treated equitably whatsoever, with only a few staff able to monopolise all the budget and resourcing. Work-life balance for more junior staff is non-existent. No recognition or compensation for excessive work obligations. The business doesn't bat an eye at resourcing people at 150%, it's just considered the norm. If D&I matter to you, give them a hard pass. The business talks *a lot* about "fitting in", and how important it is for everyone to be a part of the mould. If you want to know what "fitting in" looks like at Clear, take a look at the company website and team page. Anyone who deviates from their norm is speedily squeezed out from the business. They only care about retaining an extremely narrow demographic of consultants, and make no effort to be inclusive towards anyone else. "Collaboration" is touted as a core value, but in reality the work is intensely individualistic. You're expected to get on with accomplishing everything yourself, and treated as a hindrance if you ask for someone else's opinion. Attitude and treatment towards freelancers is appalling. Delaying payment of invoices is a norm. No consideration given to their time and obligations, they're just there to plug a gap and move on. IT support is managed centrally by MCSaatchi group, and is incredibly inefficient. The act of getting reliable, working equipment and software to staff to do their jobs is a major issue.