Lifeblue Reviews

First and foremost, the fact that one of the three partners of the agency (of 10 people in total) has an inappropriate relationship with one of the married employees brings an awkwardness rivaled by that of only the most extreme cases. Favoritism is rampant toward this employee, and nothing she says can be proven wrong despite her complete lack of knowledge on most topics. Challenge this, or try to call out the fact that it is unprofessional to have such a relationship, and you will be immediately let go without cause. If you try to bring in any new ideas on how to make the office better, get ready to be shot down. This office is cool, but very small. The fact that 30% of a company which openly refuses to grow beyond 10 people are "partners" should be more than you need to know about the agency. The last thing they would like to happen is to lose any bit of power or control over the agency by growing too large. Having come from agencies both small and large, this place easily holds the title of "Worst Office Politics" of them all. Again, none of this comes from the developers or the people putting in the long hours (yes, weekends included). Rather, it comes directly from two of the three partners. If they don't agree with what you're saying, or if you remotely challenge one particular employee, you're out. Immediately. This has happened several times now. The aforementioned partner who believes it's acceptable to openly bring infidelity into the workplace has scammed his way from being a client of Lifeblue's into a fully-fledged partner. He has absolutely ZERO agency experience, yet bought his way into being a partner. When asked about not having any experience in the space, his only response has ever been "I've read several books on it." Quite the leader, indeed. As with so many others who have reviewed, I put quite a bit of my heart and soul into this place, believing things could be great. However, it was never enough, and regardless of the extreme workload, the only feedback was ever, "You need to do more to follow the 'Lifeblue Way'". The pay is as expected for such a small shop. Truly disappointing all around.

There are around 30 people, so there aren't a lot of obvious ways to provide unlimited upward mobility in strictly traditional management. But despite that there is a strong mentorship program developing and clear roadmaps for professional development/growth for each individual, which, for me anyway, is the meat and satisfaction of upward mobility. They put a lot of thought into addressing this, and I give them a lot of credit for what they came up with.