Autonomy at Ironpaper = Figure it out yourself - Anonymous employee Ironpaper Employee Review

1.0
19 June 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart and supportive coworkers who will keep you sane.

Cons

Ironpaper specializes in "growth marketing" which means they look for quick fixes (low hanging fruit) and never spend the time to create a solid strategy that is scalable. This applies to both internal company growth as well as strategy for clients. Instead they rely on good employees to try and figure out how to solve problems that should really be handled by senior management. In a nutshell: -Leadership team is completely comfortable lying to employees and is much more concerned with outward appearances -No matter what marketing position you're hired for you'll be made a project manager -Ineffective leadership team that often provides conflicting feedback which leads to confusion and undue stress for employees -Production team that is not held to standards or reasonable deadlines -Lower than average compensation -Benefits include expensive health insurance with high deductibles, free dental, 401k without company matching and a pretax metrocard that the company will contribute half the cost

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5.0
2 Nov 2025
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Pros

Over the years at Ironpaper I’ve had the opportunity to grow and expand my B2B knowledge. I’ve seen others grow and evolve as well. I really enjoy the people I work with and focusing on a small set of clients is refreshing.

Cons

There are always things that could be improved but nothing major to report here.

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2.0
16 Apr 2026
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Pros

- Really great team of content, graphic design, growth strategists, and operations specialists, best I have ever worked with. Everyone in a production seat is top level.

Cons

- They promote junior level people way too fast, and managers end up being pretty bad team leaders. The turnover on my team was insane, 4 people churned through the same role in ONE YEAR. I would ask for help on something, or to talk through a challenge and her response was to just fire you and replace you. Literally that scary! - My manager was constantly offending my clients where I would have to rectify it, and was extremely unhelpful or would disappear for two months. Most incompetent middle management I've ever seen, and I've worked at a lot of agencies. - Outside of my direct team, I had absolutely no idea how anything else was going in the company, who our other clients were. No visibility or opportunities to make other relationships. They'd have "layoffs" and I'm like, wait. We're not doing well?

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