Revive Reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)
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Chris Bevolo

86% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Revive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Revive 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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66 reviews
2.0
31 July 2018

Sinking ship

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Pros

Through their rigorous hiring processes, they've netted some of the best people I've ever worked with. The work was generally engaging.

Cons

Glad I hopped off this boat when I had the chance...I was totally fooled by the flashiness of the supposed culture and exciting opportunities to grow in my career and talents, but received zero assistance from management and leadership in growing my career. Left disappointed. Since then, I've heard the emphasis on killing yourself from the time you wake up until the time you (eventually) sleep at night is worse; they're forcing their hardest workers to take less time off, not through actual rules or defined parameters, but through coercion and manipulation. They're hemorrhaging their best employees because of poor management. Leadership (mostly C-level) is so far removed from what it's like to contribute, they see their employees as resources to be used up and replaced once they burn out. If ever a place with toxic, unspoken rules and culture existed, it would be this one...from the top, down. It's clear in the catty replies to other negative reviews on this very page. "This is a place for people who LIKE to work." There's a difference between some good hard work and occasional late hours and repeatedly understaffing and underpaying for what you expect of your people. This is a process, leadership and culture problem...not a people problem.

1.0
26 Apr 2018

Challenging, Very High Turnover Environment

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Pros

Incredible ability to recruit smart talent. Great knowledge of healthcare landscape and many dedicated, hard-working people. Great place to work if early to mid 20s to launch career or to use as short-term launch pad to get skill set to work at another agency or go in-house. Snack pantry stocked.

Cons

Continuing to grapple with evolution to full-service agency and how to do that effectively. Leadership core team has PR/Crisis background not full service background. Leadership below CEO not empowered to make decisions. Managing the organization toward a buy-out target with Weber which hurts the culture. Chaotic way of working/ little to no process. Culture rewards chaotic behavior. Archaic "butts in the seat" 8.30-5.30 in-office mentality. Advice for applicants: Read carefully the 7 very positive, high-rated reviews spanning March 20-21 2018. Ask for specifics around turnover rates (by position/department) and targets. Ask for #s around how many employed are working parents etc. Ask for the typical personality and demographic profile that they retain for 18 months plus. Above all, be aware that the CEO frequently (private individual meetings and in small groups, town halls and mass communications) speaks poorly of current and past employees in immature, callous manner so you must be politically savvy.

2.0
12 Oct 2018

Great learning experience, but changing culture

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Pros

I worked with some of the smartest and most hardworking people I have ever encountered. You learn a lot of great information very quickly and the agency is focused on creating healthcare savvy people. As a result once you’ve worked here, you can work anywhere. I can’t say enough good things about the people I worked with.

Cons

The biggest issue is that people are seen as a commodity and not as a person. Your value is centered on your utilization and that has created a strong fear within the culture. People are so afraid of not looking busy that they are often more likely to drown under the quantity of work than risk being seen as not trying hard enough when they ask for help. Burn out is incredibly high and even on PTO the expectation is always to be checking slack, checking e-mails, and to never disconnect and stop working. They oversell their products and they don’t have the capacity to handle the work, which leads to good staff being overloaded, burning out and quitting. Turnover rate is the highest I have ever seen.

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