21 Feb 2023
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Ready Artwork Reviews
3.2
54% would recommend to a friend
53% positive business outlook
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8 reviews
2.0
25 Feb 2019
Recommend
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Pros
• Great Dev team • Good at working within their own network • Good first-time entry-level production experience • God tier customer service. Clients say "jump." RA says "How high?" • Punch-in, punch-out • Free Coffee
Cons
• Just about everything else • Lack of creativity • Stuck in the past (includes software, process, UX/UI, and branding philosophy) • Success measured in the rapid transaction of small low budget, client-driven projects. As well as old retainer clients •Motto: "Quick & dirty" • If you like sourcing stock design elements and templates, you're gold. • Underpaid • Underappreciated • Outsources work to low wage foreign countries • No transparency • Internal conflict
2.0
24 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The Ready Artwork team is very friendly. You will make friends very quickly and they do a fair amount of "team building" exercises in order to keep things fresh. There are 2 managers that run this business, and are very keen on keeping to "routines". While we moved to a new Monrovia office, the agency is very small. This allows the team to actually become pretty close to one another. Some are a little on the quiet side, but once you get to know them, they're all pretty easy to talk to. If you like hearing how you're doing (performance wise), you'll like this place, as they hold 1-on-1 or sometimes 2-on-1 reviews fairly frequently, once or twice every 6 months or so. If you're looking for a decent 1-3 month internship coming out of school, this might be the place for you.
Cons
There are 5 employees who have worked for Ready Artwork for 5+ years. You should know going in that they are the favorites and that most of the money being given to employees (in terms of salary) are going towards these 5 individuals. Two of these individuals are the people who run the place. The rest make the most, but I'd gather that even they are grossly underpaid when comparing to industry standards. Like most agencies, you are sold a bill of goods. You'll quickly find that things aren't what they seem. Clients are horrendously small and often times aren't even "groups", but rather, just 1 or 2 single people starting up a business. You'll then find that these clients are horrendously unrealistic with their asks and while management may try to manage expectations from time to time, more often than not they find people within their own company to blame. This happened to multiple people including myself, and know, that if crap hits the fan, duck and cover even if it's not your fault. No benefits are offered, or at least they weren't when I worked there. The likelihood you last long enough to get the "unlimited PTO"..well its not good. Turnover rate is very high. This is due to poor management and expectations. Micromanagement seems like a kind word. This happens a lot here amongst both the Sales Team and the Creatives. And often times, decisions are made based solely upon Management's preferences. It's completely subjective and gets old quick. Management thinks they know every answer, when in reality, they are almost constantly learning on the spot.
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