Overworked, Unfair Expectations, Poor business outlook - say goodbye to life outside of work - Paid Search Manager Flywheel Digital Employee Review

2.0
22 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- The people. Hands down. A fantastic group of people to work with. All understanding of how unfair and high expectations are... so they're all friendly, helpful and generally fantastic to work with. - Pay is fairly strong compared to a lot of agencies right now

Cons

- The workload has to be the most insane I've ever experienced. There is no joy in this job - none at all - no fun to be had. Just work work work 24/7 . You will be working late almost every day. The work is Endless , you will slowly begin to dread waking up for work everyday. This is a fact unfortunately. - The tech is atrocious. Login issues, reporting discrepancies... the list goes on - The clients run rough shod over management and leadership , they get what they want and just endlessly demand whatever they want from you. -Turnover is out of control . You will be expanding beyond your Business Unit and helping to close the gaps all the time. - If you specialize in Search like myself... it doesn't matter. You'll be doing Programmatic and Retail as well with the roll out of the 'spokes' Model. The amount of time given to learn and master skills outside your wheel house can range from days to at most weeks . Very unfair and unappealing - Meetings and calls .... it's absolutely silly how much your on calls a week. Minimum 3 hours a day , usually close to 5. You have no time to get your work done ... except on your own time and of your own accord. -3x a week in office, no exceptions. - QBR's, Monthly reports, Weekly reports without exception. Forget time to optimize, you're just creating endless reports and presentations here. Clients have access to our reporting but we just continue to create reports all day every day anyway.... completely taking away flywheel's Value add - Optimization expertise - Minimal culture or fun to be had here, just work all the time. I strongly recommend considering other options - one of the least enjoyable jobs i've ever had.

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5.0
11 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Forward thinking agency that cares about its people and strives to be best in class.

Cons

High expectations mean high demands.

1.0
8 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

As in most agencies, the best part are the teammates who are on the trenches with you.

Cons

Steer clear. Go anywhere else. In the 3 years I was at Flywheel/TPN they went through no less than 5 mergers or reclassifications. Few of which ever meaningfully impacted the work, but actively drained the agency culture and morale. 4 rounds of layoffs that I remember. NO raises and only 1 review. And a baffling RTO policy that has little to do with collaboration and everything to do with commercial real estate tax benefits. Omni sucks the life out of these incredible agencies, taking decades of innovation and turning them into mere pawns. The leadership has no real authority and views workers not as people, but numbers. The "clean desk" policy means there's zero personality in the office. Because people are not rotated off old accounts there's not fresh perspective. High stress and there no chill. I've never cried so much at a job. Not used to coworkers being so rude, cold, and snappy. Omnicom is pushing AI and monitoring if you're using it regardless of whether it's necessary or makes sense for your role. There are better agencies out there, go apply there and leave Flywheel to fix their model.

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