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4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Jamie Lynn OGrady

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

J Public Relations has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The J Public Relations 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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39 reviews
1.0
14 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You're in New York City

Cons

First of all, kudos to JPR for sending in current employees as an attempt to bulk up positive ratings. Nicely played. I will say, I am genuinely concerned about the well-being of any person who has been through this "mentorship" program and rates it positively. Are you okay? Are they threatening to make you scrub the floors with a toothbrush if you don't do as they say? We may never know. In all honestly, every single intern I worked with dreaded coming into this office every day. Not one person enjoyed their time here. While some of the JPR girls were perfectly sweet and helpful, a vast majority treated interns like the help. We ran errands to Saks, took subways to fetch freshly chopped salads for their lunch, perfected our Windex and dish washing skills, took out the trash every day, and many other immensely beneficial activities all for the whopping sum of $0.00 per hour. We were a free cleaning and receptionist crew, and that was definitely one of the only ways our skills were utilized. I wouldn't waste your time here. There's absolutely no diversity, and they boast a sorority-esque atmosphere that ends up being exactly how you would expect that kind of work environment to be. There are plenty of other agencies in New York that will not only pay you for your time, but who will respect you and utilize your skills in a far more beneficial way than running errands and maid duty.

2.0
4 Nov 2018

PR Sorority House Nightmare

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relaxed work environment with casual attire. Summer Friday's . Their CFO is amazing and very personable

Cons

Everything that glitters isn't really gold.. or Rosegold in this case. The Executive Team only promotes based on favoritism. If you don't fit in they will find a reason to let you go. Lower level employees are overworked and way underpaid. Interns do most of the work but get the least credit and don't get paid much for their services. The perks that they offer, often get denied. Barely any diversity. The Executive Team finds every excuse to not be present in the office and when they're there, they lock themselves in their offices despite their "open door" policy

1.0
31 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Glassdoor requires that I enter five words in the pros section #LOL

Cons

This was by far the saddest excuse for a "mentorship" program (as outlined in the manual and job description) and it's beyond my comprehension how this company was rated as one of the top PR companies in the U.S. Not only did I improve my custodial skills by emptying trash cans, windexing glass doors, scrubbing down conference room tables and cleaning full-time employees' dishes they left in the sink because they weren't able to do it themselves, but I also got my 10,000 daily steps in going on countless coffee runs, dropping off personal gifts, going on quests for dog food, sending other peoples' personal mail and retrieving lunch for those employees who were working simply too hard and didn't have the time to fetch it for themselves (you know, all of the responsibilities to help successfully run a top organization). You'll also be given a mere $500 at the conclusion of your internship as a way of "thanking" you for your efforts - the $500 won't even begin to cover the costs of your commute to and from work, whether you take the subway, train or bus, so plan accordingly. It also amazes me how they can't afford to pay the interns at least minimum wage, spending thousands of dollars on interior decorators, flowers for the office (which you will have to spray down each day and discard of when they begin to slightly wilt), designer notepads and many Starbucks lattes. Overall, the JPR internship program was the epitome of the worst internship experience where you'll learn close to nothing about the PR world and more so about the employees' coffee and lunch preferences. Don't waste valuable time here unless you have a passion for cleaning.

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