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Awful place to spend 50 hours a week at - Anonymous employee Maxcess Managed Markets Employee Review

1.0
15 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

None. Standard benefits package. Micromanagement. No summer Friday's. No bonus.Not sure about raises so negotiate your salary smartly. If you're at a Jr level, this might be a good place to start. For seasoned creative people, they'll tell you exactly what you want to hear during the interview process, but once you get inside, everything they said "yes" or "no" to will fly out the window. If you have an important stipulation, get it in writing in your acceptance letter no matter how trivial it may seem. Take nothing they say as gospel.

Cons

If you're a creative, you're set up to fail then thrown under the bus. Most of these positive reviews are HR dictated to balance the negative ones. Some of the people there are truly awful and some can get very nasty and chip away at your self esteem. This seems to be supported by upper management. Lots of undermining going on between account and creative. You will get NO support from upper mgmt, who are a big part of the problem. Nobody's satisfied, lots of gossiping behind closed doors. If you're a creative, I wouldn't stick my toe in this toxic well.

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5.0
9 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is lovely; I feel like part of a team. I love seeing people encouraged to try on new roles, which are available because of the small size. There are some smart people here, too! The location, right on Route 22, is convenient. Work/life balance is encouraged.

Cons

Some growing pains; everyone needs to take on the process so there's consistency across all accounts.

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2.0
9 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A part of Publicis, which allows for generous PTO and benefits Provides decent work life balance Some teams are very positive and collaborative

Cons

Due to the incompetency of senior management, 80% of business was placed within one book of business. Client could not rely on the strategic lead assigned and added to the demise of the business. Due to the loss in business, incompetency of senior leadership and terrible business model, hardworking talent was let go. Additionally, the agency now is without a Managing Director, SVP of Client Service and a Creative Director. The little culture that we did have has been crushed and the morale is severely low. Individuals making decisions “at the top” currently don’t seem to understand what they are doing and are floundering in the process. People who are currently making decisions do not seem qualified or have the experience to make this agency successful again. Individuals within Maxcess being trusted to be informants for corporate are incompetent, unprofessional and not trustworthy--only looking out for their own job. What is currently going on in this agency is to say the least, heartbreaking. The issues are at the top. Get the right Managing Director in the seat, build a strong foundation and groom/build your junior/mid level employees--damage has already been done because of leaderships ineptitude.

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