Rotten. To. The. Core. - Sales 4media group Employee Review

1.0
16 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great selection of soft drinks downstairs.

Cons

4media group collects people via the CEO and his combination of relentless charm, empty promises and straight up good salesmanship. Staff are then thrown into an old, sodden gin distillery masquerading as a fit for purpose workspace where the team are left rudderless with an utter lack of leadership, general management or strategic perspective, and try to piece everything together and make it work. It doesn't. 4media group are a transactional, sales-led agency supplier, providing clients lazy and meaningless broadcast PR campaigns. Commercially they hardly turn a profit; operationally they struggle to deliver the work, losing clients regularly and constantly needing to fill the leaky bucket; and culturally they resemble somewhere between a toxic call centre and a morgue (though with less vision, values and purpose) rather than the integrated comms agency melting pot of insight, strategy and creativity they'd have you believe. A complete absence of personal and professional development, minimal benefits beyond a free Monday morning breakfast and an occasionally full biscuit tin, sub standard laptops resembling something from the noughties, horrific internal comms, and no corporate strategy or planning culminating in knee jerk decision making. I could go on. I won't. Rotten To The core

Explore other reviews about 4media group

5.0
5 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pace of work is challenging but fun. Good people, good clients.

Cons

None that I can think of

1.0
1 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. The clients are interesting and the projects can be rewarding when you’re allowed to focus on the actual work. 2. A few colleagues were talented, kind, and hardworking. Those relationships made the experience bearable at times. 3. You’ll learn how to work under pressure and navigate challenging personalities — which, if nothing else, becomes a lesson in resilience.

Cons

1. Toxic leadership culture. Many senior employees thrive on gossip, favoritism, and tearing others down. Constructive feedback quickly turns into public blame, and strong performers often become targets. 2. No HR accountability. When I raised issues of verbal abuse and retaliation, it was handled internally by the same person I reported for misconduct. HR was never involved, and I was pressured to “work it out” directly with the person who created the problem. 3. Micromanagement and credit theft. Good work is routinely taken or minimized by those higher up. The same people avoid accountability when things go wrong. 4. No clear path for growth. Promotions and raises are inconsistent and often based on favoritism or tenure, not performance. In my time there, I never received a formal review and saw no internal advancement despite strong results. 5. High turnover. Talented people either burn out or leave for healthier environments. The ones who stay are usually the ones benefiting from the internal politics.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All