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VSA Partners, LLC Reviews

3.0

53% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)
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Anne-Marie Rosser

70% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

VSA Partners, LLC has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The VSA Partners, LLC 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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139 reviews
2.0
25 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Low health care costs, good PTO.

Cons

You will get laid off in a heart beat if you're mid level. Latest layoffs neglected to lay off the many over bloated Director and corporate level staff. Went for mid tier, so that they can replace them with low paid poster children BIPOC new hires in the near future. Digital work is a farce, as is their "full service agency!"- this is a design print firm, nothing more, everything less. Very little to offer for clients wanting an actual full service UX/UI agency, as they lack both the knowledge, experience, and don't know how to guide anyone they may have hired to lead the way into doing such endeavors. If you are a female with a voice, don't bother using it here: you will be admonished, ignored, reprimanded, and put in your place. Their 'diversity and inclusion' club was started mostly by the Millenials and Gen Zers that they have since laid off, but bloated upper management has been latching onto this as if this life raft was their idea to keep their boated carcasses afloat in their fetid pool of abscess of old, rich, whiteness. In short, this place is not long for this ad agency world. If you want real world agency experience, look elsewhere. If you want to make some pretty design world brand guide lines for Covid 19, sure, you can get your feet wet here for a spell. Get some pretty things for your portfolio and then LEAVE.

1.0
25 Mar 2019

Beware

Recommend
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Pros

It’s really tough to say there are any pros in the last 2 years. In the past, VSA had a fantastic reputation and was considered a design institution in Chicago. There are still some very talented people left, the coffee is strong, and some of the working spaces are nice - and empty/quiet since everyone has quit. Also, they finally stopped talking about crypto/blockchain. Benefits are standard

Cons

- Leadership is completely horrible - a rare combination of shallow, lack of real experience, sociopathic, and extremely political. - You are expected to work unreasonable hours, which would be fine given the industry, however it’s because most of the leadership is directionless and will just throw ideas out until something sticks or a deadline hits. Doesn’t help that they will pitch ANYTHING. - Diversity is nonexistent, or forced uncomfortably - Technology/Digital talent is gone. Rather than developing modern capabilities around the digital experience (design thinking, agile) to compete against similar firms, leadership has decided to invest in talking points over actual capabilities. - Culture IS timesheets and layoffs are a quarterly event. Losing nearly half of the employees in the last few years has completely killed a once thriving digital culture. - Current employees are either reserved to the failure of the company, looking for a new job or suffering from stockholm syndrome.

1.0
31 Aug 2018

Do not work here!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Good snacks and a warm receptionist -Nice neighborhood and nice views

Cons

-Job security -Fear-based atmosphere -Pointing fingers -Poor communication between client executive and clients with no pushback leads to us creatives going through unnecessary rounds of work -Favoritism -Cut-throat environment -Too many useless meetings -Terrible benefits -Tyrannical operations lead

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