R/GA Reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(768 total reviews)
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Sean Lyons

54% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

R/GA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 768 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The R/GA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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768 reviews
1.0
18 Mar 2020

Run away... fast.

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Pros

Global reputation and network Nice people

Cons

It’s the Wild West. Identity crisis and no clear vision. Mgmt has no idea what they are doing. Half the leadership walked out in feb 2020 because they saw the writing on the wall. The place is in shambles - can’t win or keep clients. Rate card is too high to be competitive. Can’t keep or retain talent bc it’s such a mess. Avoid at all costs.

1.0
9 June 2020

Don't believe the hype.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Their logo looks good on your resume.

Cons

Leadership clique with an ego that's out of control, will throw team members under the bus in front of clients, and frequently belittle staff. Toxic office culture. No work/life balance. If you're over 35, forget it. If you don't get wasted at work functions, forget it. If you have kids, forget it. No processes. No time given to work - often loaded up beyond realistic workloads, even considering it's an industry that still wears the "I pulled an all-nighter" badge. If you're quiet and like to consider things instead of shooting from the hip don't join. If you challenge ideas, you're labelled as negative. If someone who's visa depends on their job to be able to stay in the country, leaves without having a job to go to, you know there are serious problems.

2.0
11 Aug 2014

So much potential, but held back by a lack of decent processes

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some fairly talented people at R/GA, they have some great clients and their name will look pretty good on your CV. There's a lot of potential!

Cons

There's little or no processes and tools for running projects and as a result projects are usually a shambles which leads to severe scope creep and overruns, not to mention frantic producers. Despite this being a fairly regular occurrence, they don't seem to learn from their experiences. There's a lack of collaboration amongst teams and offices which is a huge shame as there's a lot of talented individuals that could add a hell of a lot of value to all sorts of projects going on around the world.

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