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Slice Communications

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Slice Communications Reviews

2.4

29% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)

Cassandra Bailey

29% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Slice Communications has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Slice Communications employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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29 reviews
1.0
21 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Since all are equal under the CEO, there is a strong bond that is formed in teams. ...when teams were still a thing. Amazing, supportive junior staff that will appreciate any and all professional advice that you give them. They will be the only people that will truly see the job that you were hired to do. The network of ex-Slicers is vast due to extreme turnover and something of a fraternity that stretches to anyone that has worked there (even if you've never met!) and exists only post employment.

Cons

As a supervisor, you are hired to retain clients, manage and support a team, and report to the CEO. However, if the CEO doesn't see it or have it explained, it didn't happen, and unfortunately if she is away on a vacation, at a CEO retreat, or in DC attempting to drum up new business, Supervisors are not granted the authority to make decisions themselves. Slice Communications is perpetually looking to blame someone for company shortcomings, so this job consists of total freedom over the reigns, but constant hyper-criticism and pressure to keep a target off of your back. If you do not perform your job in a way that the CEO would have done it if she were you (on a very microscopic level) and she notices... you get a target. If you disagree with the CEO on a corrective course of action to solve a problem (namely facing it instead of avoiding it), you get a target. If you are a woman with an opinion that is longer than 2 sentences, you get a target. After you get the target, you will be tracked, micromanaged, and treated like a child in need of a parent until you quit or are fired without cause.

3.0
11 June 2019

No support = no success

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A crash course in project management and leadership skills, tight-knit staff, creative environment, unlimited vacation and dog-friendly office.

Cons

From the time a new client was brought on, you were given the reigns even if you were new to the agency or early in your career. A "lack of micromanagement” and “chance to prove yourself” can be a great thing, but even the most skilled employee is likely to need support eventually. Unfortunately, it rarely came when you needed it. Employees were publicly held to a “pass/fail” measurement of success for each client, but received just a few minutes once a week to discuss any challenges with the 2-person leadership team. Because the agency took away supervisors long ago, account managers were told to problem solve with their peers, other 20-something year old employees, who were equally overloaded with up to 8 clients and no support staff. Management rarely stepped in until the agency was in danger of losing a client, at which point they privately presented new campaigns and overpromised results to the client - usually without consulting the account manager who'd be expected to deliver them. Multiple employees quit without giving notice and several were unexpectedly fired, even if they had recently received a raise of had been earmarked for a promotion. Whatever circumstances an employee left under, clients were never told until the person's last day on the job.

1.0
25 Oct 2017

Not What It Seems

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule (mainly because there's no management to clock your time) Opportunity for a go-getter to take control of an account (an opportunity that most entry-level people wouldn't have at a real agency)

Cons

No management whatsoever--supervisors were taken away and there is only one person per account, so if you mess something up there will be no one to help you/have your back CEO is delusional and lies about nearly everything (hard to lie about the state of the company when only 5 people work there and everyone else has been fired or quit) CEO is a narcissist and will throw team under the bus to save her own reputation (CFO does the same) There is no direction or training, so unless you learn to swim from day one you won't survive here Account managers have 7-9 clients and no time to manage every account properly--clients are being neglected and CEO doesn't really care as long as they keep paying CEO sells in new clients with outrageous promises that she knows we can't succeed on and then fires account managers who can't deliver CEO will lie about past or current employees to cover her own back -- she does not value transparency and her entire company is a facade. Clients recognize this after a few months.

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