Red Havas Reviews

Where do I start. Although most agencies have internal movements, there is a reason for the astronomical turnover rate in the sydney office (with people hightailing it in as quickly as 3 months). Management is toxic, encourages gaslighting, bullying, stealing credit from more timid team members, and working long hours due to lack of direction. For an agency this size with this much clout, it’s amazing how abysmal the workflow systems are. HR does little to mediate between parties even if you reach out to them and ask for help. Never cried more at work that I did here. Take this as a warning and don’t be blinded by the pseudo nice corporate talk and attitude like I was. Did not expect this sort of treatment at once at one of the biggest comms agencies in the world.

Leadership has an inflated sense of superiority and needs to come back down to Earth. Promotions are made on the basis of popularity rather than talent and senior staff are incapable of pushing back on overly demanding clients, even when the obscene overservicing doesn't make business sense. A significant portion of staff are constantly in the office past 9PM, while simultaneously being told it's their fault for not managing their time properly. There are multiple anecdotes of staff being led-on with the promise of a promotion which never comes. The pay is woeful compared to other agencies. Not to mention, there have been multiple instances of inappropriate and sexist behaviour from the leadership team, and the use of unpaid interns for a government project was appalling.