New North Reviews

The Christian element is long gone just in case anyone was concerned when reading prior reviews, so I don't think it's a fair criticism any longer. I only heard a comment during my first morning stand-up meeting about 'wait, what about prayer' and management squelched it immediately so they were at least recently out of that weirdness by the time I started. Other cons though: - Poorly adopted AGILE project management, but they adopt and experiment with new work models all the time so may no longer be relevant. - You can hear the Adderall in leadership during meetings. - I was hired to lead client facing meetings and form content marketing and SEO proposals. Within the first hour I came online as a new employee, I was bombarded with copywriting tasks you would expect from an Upwork hire. A Slack comment from management read 'his plate is open and ready for copy tasks.' - I was asked to deliver client SEO audits same-day and encouraged to just use ChatGPT to generate it, as the client won't look at the report anyway. - They win big client engagements and coast on passive relationships, which is a successful agency model so I do respect it. If you are interested in scaling that model alongside them there is a lot of great opportunity and do recommend them for it. They have rebranded as "Marketers on Demand" but might also shed that brand once it becomes a problem. - Health insurance is super rough but understandable from a small company.

These guys peg out their RPMs all day, every day. Working 9-10 hours/day is normal, and most people work through lunch breaks (not expected by management, but the culture is to work until the job is done). The intensity comes from a desire to excel combined with demanding clients. Internally, the team has your back and is a safe place to be honest when you need help, but the client base in large B2B tech firms constantly press for measurable ROI for the thousands of marketing dollars they spend each month. Some staff thrive under the pressure, but for me the fast pace, hours required to keep up, and constant pressure from clients was too much.