Pros
- The people! Like many other posts have mentioned, the entry level through director level is full of talented, bright and kind people. - The clients and fabulous work! Thesis really does have a roster of amazing clients with challenging and diverse projects to work on.
Cons
- C suite is abysmal. They lack the breadth and depth of experience you would expect from a professional at that level. The CEO is nonexistent and seems to only get involved in anything when it concerns Thesis' outwardly image. The COO knows nothing outside of the account mgmt discipline, thus makes poor business decisions routinely. The CCO is hard at work resurrecting a "boys club" of high up design bros, who are coincidentally all white men. - SLT and ELT lack conviction, honesty and integrity to stand up for employees and what's right. They're frequently providing lip service to their direct reports, while parroting what CLT wants them to. At best, they're complacent in the toxicity, often contributing to it, then jump ship and leave the makers/colleagues to deal with their poor decisions and disfunction. - Overall, there's a confusing and lack luster mission statement and vision for the company. They've gone through three (or more) iterations of their "brand" while they hemorrhage talent and money. - The building was a completely unnecessary investment that is rumored to cost upwards of a couple hundred thousand dollars per month to rent & operate. This results in misbalanced budgeting and unreasonable and unclear profitability expectations across all projects. - In two years, the agency has gone through four rounds of layoffs, so job stability is a myth. - Agency leadership decided to purchase a failing competitor in an effort to absorb new clients, rather than bolster a robust internal new business operation.