Pros
-Opportunity to work on some blue chip brands. -Genuine aim to do great (earned media) creative work. -Shoe allowance and Muse It or Lose It stipend are nice little incentives.
Cons
-Pride in being a "nimble" agency = "always-on" work style, constantly saying yes to terrible deadlines, and consistently putting people through the meat grinder the night before presentations or deliverables are due. -Lack of a singular lead on projects often means four or five people all trying to play creative director. This means no one person is providing a vision and making decisions, resulting in tons of swirl. One-hour Zoom calls turn into three-hour Zoom calls. -Often times there will be more managers on projects than doers. You can probably imagine the problems that arise because of this. -Lots of micro-managing, little empowerment or effort to develop people. -Lack of decisiveness on the part of senior managers often means work is being second-guessed at the eleventh hour. Work being pushed throughout the process is commonplace at ad agencies, but lack of alignment between leaders and changing direction at the eleventh hour is not.