Havas Edge Reviews

3.1

53% would recommend to a friend

(135 total reviews)

Abed Abusaleh

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Havas Edge has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 135 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Havas Edge employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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135 reviews
1.0
13 Aug 2021

The most toxic place I ever worked

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I see that the Havas Edge HR team is begging for better reviews, must be that time of the year again.

Cons

Reading some of the newer reviews and seeing the willingness to state comments had been curtailed due to ‘profanities and obscenities’ is all too telling of the toxic environment they are enabling and that this company propagates. Make no mistake, people have talked to the CEOs and their inaction is clearly written in these reviews. We confronted them with signed open letters and discussions with HR that ended with targets on our backs. Yes, the retaliation is prolific throughout this company, from C-Suite down. We asked for flexibility, we pleaded not to be driven back to the office where little to no measures had been taken. Many risked their livelihoods to leave this horrible company during the pandemic and that should tell you a lot about the type of people that run this place. People aren't writing bad reviews because they work overtime, or the snacks aren't great or that they can't work from home all the time. They are writing because from the beginning Havas Edge didn't take the pandemic seriously. The CEOs wanted people in the office but didn't want to compromise with us. They were just forced to follow state mandates and they complained about it the whole time. For these CEOs it is about the bottom line and only that. This is apparent in the actions that they took. They did everything they could to save a buck, people were fired a month after CEOs and VPs got their bonuses and promotions. A whole department was wiped out, people that had been working at the company for over 10 years were booted out. These reviews are not just about the firing of people, it happens, but how they did it was vile, sneaky, and shameful. They slashed team members with no notification to their supervisors. We couldn't get a list of people that were gone. We slowly found out when projects fell through the cracks because the people that were maintaining them were no longer there. This company has taught me that I am worth more than a free lunch, that I deserve to be treated like a human being not a robot, and that I will never stop warning others about the dangers of this abhorrent company. If the mass exodus of people moving on to BETTER places wasn't enough for the CEOs to see how despicable they have become, nothing will.

1.0
14 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Opportunity to connect with some good co-workers; mutual suffering has a way of bringing people together

Cons

Leadership completely lacks empathy, honesty, and decency. The 4-5 star reviews you see sprinkled here and there are 100% fake, just more lies. Take a close look at the very long 4-star review submitted last August, and ask yourself: does an honest review on glassdoor require that much explanation? What kind of company would need a novel to explain why it's really a great place to work, and not a hellscape of malevolent incompetence as it appears to any reasonable observer? Yeah, that review as well as the other positive reviews are complete poppycock. They're not even smart enough to competently fake their own positive reviews. Friend, do not, under anything but the most desperate of circumstances, accept a job offer here. That pit in your stomach, that feeling that something is a little *off* about this place, that's your intuition warning you to stay away. Heed that feeling.

1.0
3 Nov 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most employees are nice people and fun to hang out with. Made a few lifelong friends. Good entry level job to gain industry knowledge and move on.

Cons

No solid training or career development. I only had 2 reviews in the 5 years I worked here. Very cliquey. Will only move up quickly if you are in certain department/group and like to brown nose. Employees are undervalued and overworked. They hire young energetic people, and you watch their spark fade away overtime. Turnover is insane due to high stress, low pay environment. Job descriptions are not clear and you will find yourself doing the exact same work as someone higher up than you but at much lower pay/title Company does not trust employees or care about their health/safety. Somehow were deemed essential and forced all employees to return to the office during covid. They think WFH is to blame for low billings rather than the current pandemic we are facing. Advertising is not essential and even if it was, why risk getting your employees sick?

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