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Avoid At All Costs. Not Worth The Stress & Poor Treatment - Anonymous Fly Communications Employee Review

1.0
19 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Met a handful of great people there.

Cons

Too many to list, but here are a few: - The office politics were off the charts. Lots of management throwing people under the bus and setting individuals up for failure. - Management without a spine and leadership skills, with exception of the Creative department - Self absorbed owners who micromanaged and as a result sabotaged their own campaigns - Pay is incredibly low - Account management is placed on a pedestal while everyone else is neglected. - Account management actually managed all the other teams rather than teams being managed by their own managers. - Owners are stuck in the 80s and old mentality of marketing. Think sexist beer/sports ads and awning infomercials. Aka the campaigns you'll be working on are more or less conceptualized in poor taste and execution. - Bonuses and raises were a joke. Pretty much non-existent. - High turn over and low job security - Benefits are awful - Culture is non-existent - Long hours without comped time/overtime TLDR - It's a toxic environment that will not provide you with anything beneficial... anything.

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5.0
24 June 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

FLY is a great place to begin your advertising career. Enthusiastic (and competent) employees are rewarded with every opportunity to learn the industry inside and out. Wide range of clients and project-based work, so day-to-day never gets boring. Culture is great, full of extremely talented people, but still an incredibly young environment.

Cons

Lack of structure is sometimes difficult, but teaches you to think quickly and create your own management style.

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4.0
14 June 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fly has a variety of clients that are household names, so there is always something different to work on. - Since they are a full service agency, you get to execute work across multiple channels (e.g. print, broadcast, web, etc) - It is a great place to work at out of college as you are able to get your hands on a wide variety of projects that are client facing. You can learn a lot and experience things that you wouldn't at a larger agency. - The vast majority of the people that work here are just genuinely nice people, fostering an environment that is pretty devoid of the typical cutthroat work ethic that has become the ad world stereotype. - There is opportunity for upward mobility if you want it as they typically promote from within.

Cons

- During large brainstorms, those who are a bit more introverted sometimes have a hard time being heard. (This would happen at any agency though.)

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