+high deductible health plan that is impossible to fulfill
+no retirement contributions (they say that people put their bonuses there but bonuses have never been more than $1000 and bonuses should be able to be just that, a bonus.)
+egos really are here, especially amongst the mid-level and some (not all) leadership. it's kind of unbelievable that their motto is that there isn't
+no POC in leadership, save the CEO who has been quoted in articles with poor opinions on diversity. He thinks the solution to diversity is to "hire the best people." But that's a naive opinion.
+ diversity seems to benefit white women the most here
+need for non-strategic transparency
+ most of the creative team has been there for a year or less because of the company losing close to their whole team
+many people don't take real lunch breaks because they feel like they can't
+all or nothing work attitude that is unhealthy and unfair
+office atmosphere is often very quiet and leaves no room for the occasional convo or non-work-related banter
+HR person is rarely in the office and often defers questions to other people
+the CEO tends to guilt people a lot. There's a lot of public shaming and when someone leaves he takes it very personally. He often hints at those people (after they've left) not having the chops to work at the company, when we all need to look at how we are as a workplace. He seems to think that advertising is the only way to do good in the world. And that to go elsewhere means you don't want to make a difference.
+CEO panders and makes inappropriate jokes.
+ the CEO admitted that there as never been a diversity/bias or sexual harassment training at the company since it's existence. it seems they plan to change that though, so that's good.
+overall the benefits and perks really aren't impressive compared to other agencies. you hear about snacks always being in the office, gym memberships, amble PTO, WFH Friday and other fun perks at competitors, but those don't exist at idfive. They did just get dogs in their lease, so that's nice.
+some people seem to be able to get away with doing subpar work or consistently missing deadlines/being a pain
