Overworked, Underpaid, Unprofessional, Understaffed And A Dead End To Your Career
Pros
- Legacy - Used to have great brands, still owns some fairly well-known brands - Fairly positive name to have on the CV - Workplace so bad, that it sets a very low benchmark in terms of expectations - Teaches endurance to mental harassment and stress management - You learn everything not to do in the real professional world - Deals only with traditional medium (Print, TV & Radio) and is well known in the industry network
Cons
- No fixed timing which leads to absence of a work life balance. There may not exist a work life balance so to say. - Over commitment to clients without adequate infrastructure (which in time backfires) - False promises made to prospective applicants. The company has NO FIXED WORK HOURS, NO DIGITAL PLANNING, NO RESEARCH OR ANALYTICS, NO STRUCTURE AND NO HR POLICIES. Tall promises are made, but nothing is delivered. - No intellectual stimulation at work. Hiring is mostly of labor rather than talent. Peers and team mates will barely challenge you intellectually and you will often be able to manipulate them, if you are smart. - Probation and notice period are abnormally long which become a huge problem for Junior Level employees to get out of. Its a trap which serves as a roadblock if you want to progress in your career (which you will due to lack of Opportunities) - No HR in the Bangalore office which makes it an anarchist rule. Harassment is a strongly used tool to make people either obey or quit. - Even people with 8-12 years of experience are threatened to be replaced by 'multiple interns'. - Mismanagement in team structures. Bigger accounts may have a much smaller team, while smaller accounts may have a large team size. - High rate of attrition. A certain account saw 100% of the team quit in less than an year due to the work pressure and mismanagement. - People at senior level do entry level jobs due to lack of resources. - Lack of Sexual harassment and Workplace Ethics policies which lets people make any comments ranging from MISOGYNY to SUGGESTING SUICIDE. - No work place culture, hygiene or ethics. Lack of sanitation, safety and utilities. Most of the chairs are broken so be prepared for backaches and neck cramps. - Politics is the worst. Nobody cares about performances. No appraisals or increments. Increments are offered only to those who have put down papers as a last ditch to retain talent. - Regular yelling and hurling of abuses at workplace is a common occurrence making the workplace very toxic. - Work schedule involves working on weekends. (will not be disclosed when applying, but employees are called in on most weekends. Despite working late nights everyday) - Professionalism decreases as you move up the ladder. Scapegoating is a common practice. No matter how much efforts you put in, you will very easily be thrown under the bus if something goes wrong despite you having followed your senior's commands. Especially when the matter may be client facing.