Macleod & Co Reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)
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Allison Wasz

100% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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13 reviews
1.0
28 Oct 2015

Not an actual agency

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I learned valuable lessons on how to deal with a highly toxic leader.

Cons

Most of the reviews covered essentials. If you insist on working here after taking this all in, realize when she's disparaging your coworkers one on one with you, that she's also doing this to you when you're not in the room. She believes this will create some sort of intimacy or something? Don't think for one second you're spared. Think very critically about her repeated experienced with "bad hires" and be very skeptical about any supposed turn around she's making. She cycles through fresh blood quickly for a reason. If you're in a situation dire enough where you need a paycheck and have a steely resistance to borderline personalities, you could make this work for you, but I wouldn't stay longer than a year. That's if she doesn't fire you first. Beyond the employee culture--it's unethical to sell the value of a work place culture when you cannot maintain any semblance of one yourself. If I were a potential client reading this reviews I'd run far away and look into hiring a real agency or a consultant who had actual experience with successfully leading teams.

Macleod & Co Response
10y
We invite you to bring your grievance to us directly, at Hello@Macleodandco.com.
1.0
16 Sept 2015

Have a back-up plan

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro to working there was the people who also worked there. Smart, creative people doing amazingly good work.

Cons

Terrible management. Owner hired and fired over 15 people in six months, in a shop that was never larger than 10 people. Owner has no idea what she wants the agency to be, or how to get it there. Employees not knowing what is expected of them is blamed on the employee, and owner eventually fires them for made up reasons.

Macleod & Co Response
10y
Thanks for the feedback. It did take me awhile to find my feet as a leader and figure out what needed to be done. I thought I could hire my way out of my problems, but the truth has been plainly stated here: I didn't know how to be a CEO. I’ve learned a lot since that time, and am grateful for all the folks that were on the journey with me. The majority of people I worked with at Macleod have been creative, hardworking people--as you noted in your review. Thank you for that! I would argue the suggestion that some people were let go for arbitrary reasons. That's simply not true. If you have any further comments, I encourage you to contact us at hello@macleodandco.com. All the best!
1.0
1 Oct 2015

The Stars Point to a Crumbling Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wonderful people to work with. They were creative and hard working. The clients were a joy to work with and the projects were challenging.

Cons

The owner is not a good manager or leader. She hired 4 employees and a couple months later terminated all of them. After that the rest of her employees quit. The owner talks about the importance of culture in an agency, yet her actions tell a very different story. She might hire you on a Monday, love you on a Tuesday, and terminate you by Friday. The owner changes directions constantly and her decision making is not based on facts, but rather emotion and Astrology.

Macleod & Co Response
10y
Your advice is spot-on. I thought that building a culture meant the trappings of culture -- the physical stuff. By having a stocked kitchen and regular happy hours that I would "build" a culture on the back of that. We still have snacks in the Macleod fridge, but I’ve learned that creating a culture takes more than that! We are working hard here at Macleod to build a culture together. There are no short cuts. Thanks for your feedback, and I wish you the best in your future!
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