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      3.2

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (20 total reviews)

      63% positive business outlook

      SlicedBrand has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SlicedBrand 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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      20 reviews
      1.0
      7 Feb 2023

      Would give 0 stars if I could

      Public relations associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      What initially attracted me to the company was 1) The fully remote work environment and 2) The all-female leadership. However, this was a very negative experience. They can undoubtedly attract talent; however, keeping them is another story.

      Cons

      Where do I start... When you first join the company, you are the golden child. But after a few weeks, the novelty wears off and cracks start to show. The management has no understanding of boundaries, and I was told on multiple occasions to be a "team player" and work two, three, plus hours of (unpaid) overtime. You must constantly be "on" even after signing off for the day, or you will receive passive-aggressive comments from management, visible on company-wide channels to boot. I've never worked anywhere with this amount of micromanagement. They hire incredibly talented people and need to trust that they can send emails without having them checked by multiple people. Management will blame their workers for their own mistakes. There is such a level of toxic positivity and constantly being referred to as a "family". That's basically what happens - You become isolated from your friends and family due to the unrealistic expectations placed on you. Mental health days, etc., are bandaids that cover the root of the problems within the company. Echoing another review, it is common for talented employees to disappear overnight without any notice or warning, creating a culture of fear. This job affected me so negatively that I, along with many others, experienced mental health issues and extreme burnout.

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      SlicedBrand Response
      3y
      I'm sorry that you feel you have had such a negative experience. I think it's very unfair to write a review of this nature and taint the view of potential employees, when the statements you are making are totally inaccurate. We have gladly accommodated requests of team members time and time again to work with their schedules, travel arrangements etc. We're super flexible on all requests by team members. I also don't know of any other company that buys team members gifts for their birthdays. We have never required anyone to work overtime, and we almost always send tokens of appreciation to team members that have pulled a little extra weight.
      2.0
      31 Jan 2022

      Welcome to the machine

      Content associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      If you are new to PR, this will be a good learning opportunity for you. - Most clients are legit. You'll get your own accounts early on, which can feel exciting. - You will get into most aspects of the PR process, from strategy to press releases and thought leadership articles. - You will learn time management and keeping cool under pressure. - The colleagues are genuinely cool, always ready to help with a review, a joke, or a meme. - Management has some great contacts in the media industry. - You can use the experience as a good stepping stone in your career path.

      Cons

      The working culture and the management style can get suffocating, fast. - Training feels mostly "on the job" and onboarding is quite quick. Everyone does everything, so you may not get to specialize or to develop your strengths. You’re like a mechanical wheel in the machine and all your cogs must be ground to size. - Since it's a fully remote position, you live and die by Slack. You ought to be online during working hours, respond promptly to management and clients, and keep an eye for messages after hours as well. - There is no sensible overtime policy. You might get a thank-you for working weekends or long nights, but the hours quickly add up and are not compensated. Work-life balance is questionable at best. On the flip side, if you need personal time for emergencies or whatever other reason, you must make it up or sacrifice a vacation day. - Your performance is controlled and evaluated based on daily lists of your accomplishments and how long each took you. Beyond "this should not have taken that long", you will not receive any feedback, so it's a one-sided affair. - The constant Slack messages and the timed task lists can create a toxic air of mistrust and micromanagement that can prevent you from truly connecting with your accounts and doing your best work. - Management's communication style over Slack can sometimes feel caustic and unnecessarily harsh. - Management appears to bring a US work mentality to a German company, and the cultural and legal discrepancies seem apparent to expats and locals alike. - The job was implicitly BYOD and the question of a work computer was met with surprise.

      3.0
      14 July 2023

      Extremely high workloads and long hours

      Public relations associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Remote work, paid monthly, flexible work hours

      Cons

      You have an extremely high workload. Realistically, each PR Associate should have 1-2 full-service account. They have an extremely high turnover rate, so the small number of remaining associates are drowning in work. I was working 13-16 hours a day, holidays and weekends, to clear my to-do list, which is constantly monitored/edited/increased by management. When they ask management for help, they are repeatedly told to figure it out. Management does not help enough. They also have a horrible review system. Internal reviews of work, documents, projects, etc go back and forth between management for days, never really accomplishing anything. Things always end up behind and lost because management is unorganized and lacks the ability to make concrete decisions. Finally, there is a LOT of micromanaging. For example, we had to run every single email we wrote to clients, journalists, anyone by multiple management employees. This includes very simple emails, such as a client reaches out with a question and you provide a simple answer. There is a serious lack of trust from the management.

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      SlicedBrand Response
      2y
      When team members join our agency, they are given a helping hand to find their feet, and later on when they are ready and the more they show us they can handle things on their own, the more independence they are given. We make a concerted effort to foster an environment where individuals are not afraid to seek help or guidance, as this ultimately contributes to the overall success of the team and the organization as a whole. By offering support and being open to assisting others, everyone can collectively work towards achieving their goals efficiently and effectively. Additionally, our team members usually handle about three accounts each. This is a super manageable number of accounts per associate according to communications industry’s norms, allowing for a more balanced workload. In fact, if you look it up on google, you’ll see that PR Associates typically handle five or more client accounts simultaneously, and also single-handedly. As with any PR agency, there are busier times with more news and times when there’s a lot less. None of our team members work 13-16 hours a day, during holidays, or on weekends. With such a positive and helpful work culture, it's evident that our organization values collaboration and aims to provide the necessary support for individuals to succeed in their roles.
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