Shambolic management, a toxic mess - Director The Croc Employee Review

1.0
12 July 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- There's a lot of budget flying around for hiring. They throw big offers at new senior hires and hope it's enough to keep you. (It isn't.) - There are some lovely smart people. (Not enough of them at leadership level.)

Cons

A misguided agency strategy coming from leadership deciding they're a consultancy not an agency. Doing neither very well. Confusing and demoralising. Bad hiring choices in the creative department, causing a lot of damage to loyal staff morale, for zero results. Poor leadership effectiveness, no communication skills or emotional intelligence. A lot of hot air, jargon and not much else. Weak strategy lead, running an under-developed strategy team. Clients get basic basic basic thinking, that other agencies would be embarrassed to present. Account teams are told to chase the dollar not the quality or the creativity. Coupled with awful processes, this makes it a depressing, dog-eat-dog, demoralising place to work. Left at the same time as about 10 other people.

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The Croc Response
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As a growing agency, we really welcome and value the views all our Crocs. Thank you for sharing your feedback via both Glassdoor, as well as the comprehensive feedback you provided as part of your exit interview and during your employment with us. We continue to listen and actively act upon both positive and constructive feedback provided by all Crocs to help us provide the best employee experience for our team of fierce thinkers. Whilst we are sorry that you did not enjoy every aspect of your employment with the agency, we are pleased to hear that you enjoyed working with lovely smart people. We wish you all the best for the future.

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