You think it's heaven until you realize it's hell. - Anonymous employee West Employee Review

1.0
11 Mar 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Brilliant colleagues, game-changing business model, cool projects, cushy benefits and work environment.

Cons

Nothing ever gets done, caught in endless spin, every project turns into a trainwreck, business model does not function leading to frequent rounds of layoffs, casual indifference by management to ruining people's lives. Big promises (to clients and to employees), nothing ever materializes. It's all smoke and mirrors. If you value stability and sanity, do not work here. It's all lovely, until it's truly terrible.

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5.0
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Pros

Great environment, very cohesive team

Cons

Not a lot of growth opportunities

4.0
26 July 2019
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Pros

- West has some of the smartest folks in the Bay Area working together to solve extremely unique and challenging marketing and brand problems. The combined experience in the rooms is seriously impressive, the clients are particularly passionate about the problems they're solving, and the chance to witness this energy as an intern was extremely enriching. - Fully staffed kitchen, great location

Cons

- Unfortunately, the lean structure of the organisation combined with the extremely high levels of experience can sometimes create a sense of lopsidedness in the intern relationship. This wasn't a particular unpleasant thing, but there were moments when the interns were working on ad-hoc responsibilities without too much clarity as to how their input fit into the bigger process.

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