Without doubt the London office is the most dysfunctional agency in existence. - Anonymous employee Publicis Sapient Employee Review

1.0
2 Jul 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some really smart people here, and the desire to do good work is there. The pay is good. They can tell an excellent story about the vision…

Cons

...but the reality is a bloated, lumbering mess, designed to fleece clients of unbelievable sums of money, and to bleed the employees dry of energy, happiness and lives. The senior management is apparently psychopathic with no qualms about completely lying to awards bodies and employees about the ownership of projects. The politics is crippling. The modes of working are antiquated and monolithic. The vision (Storyscaping) is totally out of sync with reality.

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Pros

Organized Clear promotion structure DEI friendly + company orgs to join Good pay, benefits, location You're connected to mentors

Cons

Client placement may take a while Lots of training on basic things from my university courses, while they're very beginner friendly, it didn't feel like the best use of my time Worked on a toy project instead of introductions to real world impact projects. You're evaluated more on your ability to network, build relationships, and visibility (which is important when working with clients) as opposed to technical skills - the assumption is that the training they offer will get you up to par In hindsight, there were a lot of unwritten rules that caught me off guard in terms of networking and performance requirements, so the lack of a return offer blindsided me. DEI was huge in 2022 but wasn't genuine and had double standards. They mentioned holding "safe spaces" to speak, but it was not *really* safe and you're still speaking in a corporate place with unspoken professional world rules. Ifykyk.

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