It's a good company to get some experience right out of college, but most of the employees leave before or at the 1 year mark after realizing what they have gotten themselves in to. If you are looking for a raise, or room for growth this is not the place for you. Salary is non negotiable and the turnover rate is extremely high. 50% of the company quit within less than a years time. This works for Kel and Partners because they end up spending less money on employees and pocketing the money for themselves.
This company provides you with perks like lunch, dinner parties, and work from home, but not a salary to have a sustainable living. They make it seem like we should be fortunate for these perks, but most perks become tax write offs for them.
They preach kindness as their core value, but it is anything but kind (except for select employees that have worked there the longest.) Many people were bullied into leaving. The owners live in penthouses in Seaport, own multiple properties, and are able to run a non profit for 60,000 people overseas, but are unable to provide coworkers with work-life balance, and a proper salary. Be prepared to make 50% less than the average worker in Boston for both Social Media and Design work. You can barely afford rental prices in outer Boston with their salary and if you are looking to save money for other expenses this isn’t the place to be.
Work here if you want to do more work than the managers. They arrive late and leave early. Account managers take on the workload most of the time vs. the higher ups. Because so many people keep leaving it leaves the Account Managers scrambling to train the new employees without help from the higher ups. You are expected to know everything without training and if you make a mistake you will be blamed instead of worked with. They use intimidation and passive aggressive/emotional tactics. Your mental health will dwindle here. Nothing ever changes even after employees mention this on their exit interviews.
When you have "vacation" it's not really vacation. You have to be on call, slack, and emails at all times to do the work for them. (Taking about politics is highly encouraged in these slack channels). If you are struggling you will be blamed and told to manage your stress accordingly. If a higher up is on vacation (which happens frequently and at length) they do not have to be online at any time, or answer to clients calls. They will leave their coworkers with no plan in place while they are gone for weeks on end. If they come back to work with actual work to do they will get frustrated and put the blame on you.
If you are a designer be prepared to be overworked and underpaid like the rest of us. There's always mismanagement of job input, miscommunication between teams, and no additional compensation for photoshoots.
