I wish I could love it - Art Director Wieden+Kennedy Employee Review

2.0
30 July 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-Highly customizable experience -Legitimately exceptional at what they do -Great opportunities -A social culture that is open to change. -Not afraid to have conversations about social issues

Cons

-Extremely sink or swim -Not friendly to juniors -No sense of team -No onboarding, or setting expectations. -It's cultish / in love with it's own success. -Navigating the culture feels like 70% of the work -Someone once told me "We like to push our creatives to the breaking point mentally, and then some. That's how you get the good stuff out of them." -The Portland office has main character syndrome, and doesn't realize that it needs to get it's act together and be a more functional office. -Is afraid of legitimate diversity

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5.0
17 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Kind and creative people - Company has generous benefits - Work life balance - Creative atmosphere

Cons

- constant change but could be good thing

1.0
5 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good health benefits and free breakfast + lunch stipend, fun annual holiday parties

Cons

* upper management is horrible, so disorganized and do not care about human beings * everyone sucks up to chief officers who are huge narcissists, decide things on a whim * losing clients and revenue * hard to move up or get any sort of raise * did i mention upper management is horrendous?

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