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Purple Strategies

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Came for the colleagues and clients, both are going or gone - Anonymous employee Purple Strategies Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Some smart, grounded coworkers - Bigger corporate clients, not just DC trade types - Solid pay, great healthcare, generous PTO (two week-long closures per year) and free snacks, drinks, lunches

Cons

- Staff has been cut in half this year, and many more are actively looking to leave - No clear strategy—depends on who you ask - Respected leaders were pushed out or jumped ship, leaving untested new hires, protected lifers and few people to lead and do the work - Leaders openly and frequently disrespect each other, which trickles down fast - No major client wins this year while other firms continue to grow - Innovation feels performative (AI especially), with no real investment - Promotions and feedback are a black box - Dysfunctional caste system, culture rewards insiders and performative moves over actual performance - Partners are hit or miss, some are great, others drag teams down and waste time - Not a good place for people in early-career, very little mentorship, poor feedback culture and you risk learning the wrong habits; no benefit for senior people to coach and many have never had any themselves and don’t know where to start - Forced RTO in Alexandria (not DC), but many leaders don’t follow the policy - As a senior person we're not given real opportunities to help and if you try it's shut down quick

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5.0
14 Oct 2024
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Pros

Great people. Every one seems to actually care about you. Big clients and can be very interesting work.

Cons

I don't have any cons at the moment

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1.0
21 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent pay and benefits. - Impressive client roster (what's left of it). - A number of wonderful, friendly, smart people (75% of agency).

Cons

- Senior leaders are stuck in another era and while they have said they want to democratize and begin sharing responsibilities to lead a new generation of Purple leaders, their actions have never pointed to them actually wanting to do so. - Senior leaders also often speak down to other employees and are highly skeptical of newer, innovative ideas. I've heard cursing at employees, belittling them, and some talk poorly about others openly behind their backs to other team members, sometimes in group settings. - Little to no upward mobility for junior to mid-level employees. - Legacy employees from Purple's earlier days can't seem to do any wrong and are very rarely held accountable for any mistakes, poor behavior, etc. Despite issues raised against some, many remain simply because they are legacy or favorites of leadership. - Went into partnership with a private equity firm a few years ago, which has been catastrophic, and much of the staff has been either been laid off or left for other opportunities as senior leadership struggles to bring in new business projects or clients after several major client losses. - The multiple rounds of layoffs that have occurred were heartless and cruel with those laid off often completely blindsided and left with little to no feedback; severance offered for many was shockingly bad.

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