Mark Allen Group Reviews

- Your experience will vary massively depending on what publications/events you are working on. Some are lucrative market leaders, some are absolute disasters that will never hit a sales target. Do your research before you accept a job offer. - Some poor senior managers who have only been promoted due to length of service - Sales revenues often take priority over editorial quality (good if you're in sales, bad if you're an editor) - Low basic salaries and if you're selling on a bad brand commission can be virtually nothing

The company is really poorly run, as shown by the high turn-over rate. Everyone is overworked and just scraping by, and the inconsistency in pay across the board is a joke. The HR don't intervene when needed, the mismanagement means that 'budgets' limit the support that people can receive when they are sick or book a holiday. No pay rises, even in line with inflation sometimes, are possible because of this system - and if you ask for one you are made to feel guilty for being greedy. When a skilled high-level employee leaves they are replaced with a graduate, which is insulting to the role and a poison chalice for the grad when they fall behind due to the incessant and ever-growing workload on minimal pay. This is made more insulting by the public knowledge that the Allen family take home millions every year, made off of the back of this exploitation.