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2.9

63% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)

19% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
1.0
1 June 2021
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Pros

(This review is for Leo Burnett Orchard Bangalore. It's Orchard advertising only, but taken over by Leo Burnett and hasn't updated its glassdoor.) At least my experience has been really bad. I mean thanks to this place, I've realised what I do not want to do, and I'm grateful this place taught me that, but that is the only upside I can see from having worked here.

Cons

Working here, you won't be working for a company, you'll be working for an institution. And if you haven't felt insignificant before, joining an institution is definitely gonna help with that. It feels like a sad corporate gig where you're helping someone else's dreams come to life, but you don't know who exactly, because the hierarchies go all the way up. The work life balance doesn't exist, you'll work on weekends, late nights and while you're doing that there's also a lot of internal politics. People are weird, they work like machines. And the new creative head who's recently joined sounds like a broken record saying "let's do something mad" on repeat, with zero plan of how to get there and does his job very well, if his job entailed rejecting ideas with feedback of "hmm". The company clearly only cares for the clients, while overworking their employees. (My colleague got thrashed for standing up for the team and saying no to the client, when the client came with work on the weekend.) The company culture from what I've experienced is horrible. But then again you could have a completely different experience from what I've had. To each their own.

4.0
4 Dec 2019

It's what you make of it

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- some people are nice - management lets employees work according to their individual styles - good brands, good work, good opportunities - "an idea can come from anywhere" is implemented very often. Everybody is encouraged to think - lots of toys to play with (pool, ps4, carrom) - with proper mentorship this is a good place for a creative

Cons

- Super-aggressive company ideals. The narrative of "you are either the best or you are forgotten" is enforced almost every single day. Not everybody gets motivated by this single-minded narrative. - too many stakeholders in every job. Opinions vs deadlines. It's a never-ending battle. - There is a lot of importance given to receiving awards and generally talking about it (a lot), but sadly seniors themselves don't walk the talk. - There is no clear vision or direction. Juniors are chasing their own tails all day trying to put out fires without knowing what caused them. - The ultimate objective has shifted from "let's do good work" to "let's just make money". This has started becoming painfully obvious in the last couple of months. - integrated agencies go rogue and are extremely disconnected from the main agency's vision. - Very obvious cultural divides within the agency. Hostile and disrespectful environment ignored by upper management.

3.0
7 Nov 2019

Highly understaffed!!

Recommend
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Pros

High exposure because of it being understaffed

Cons

Lack of management, extremely understaffed

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