New Blue Interactive Reviews

Compensation is on the low side. HR is understaffed and not always reliable without lots of reminders. Executive leadership has been openly hostile to workers trying to unionize, and for years have been ignoring lower employees asking for some kind of client limit. There's a tendency at NBI to overwork employees and tell them it was their fault for not "properly using resources" once burnout starts to set in. Some clients can feel removed from the firm's mission of "Making Good Happen". This is the firm that elected Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in 2018 - and in 2022 is working with several scam PACs.

Don't be fooled by NBI's fancy new website and logo. Their rebrand and the "values" they pretend to tout are all a facade to hide the fact that they treat their employees so terribly. The staff is currently trying to form a union and management has continued to stonewall and union bust these efforts, going entirely against Democratic values. It is shameful. Staffers are expected to work on 7-8 clients, and junior staffers end up being responsible for doing everything on their clients. Clients are not aware that employees are working on this many accounts. There is no support from upper management, but you will be blamed if a mistake is made. When staffers try to ask for support, they are denied any sort of help from their manager. People cry on a regular basis and there is a general feeling of despair and anxiousness because the workload is impossible to keep up with and employees are treated so poorly. Management is aware that everyone is unhappy and so stressed to the point that it impacts people's mental and physical health, but they have shown no remorse and have not made any effort to make improvements. The salaries at New Blue are not living wages for junior staffers. NBI hires many fresh college graduates as Account Coordinators, pays them in the low 40ks, and then expects them to do all the work on 7-8 accounts, telling them that it's a "learning experience" when in reality it is taking advantage of young staffers who feel like they can't say no. Across all levels employees are paid less than most other comparable firms. It is unacceptable for a Senior Digital Strategist to be making 60 or 65k. NBI does not allow staff members to discuss salaries (which is illegal) which is probably partly because salaries are so low, and women are often paid less than men despite the company constantly talking about being woman-owned and a majority-women staff. The company has started taking on some very questionable clients, some of them not even true Democrats, abandoning values for the sake of money. Clients are consistently firing NBI because staffers cannot keep up with the demands of all the work they're expected to do across 7-8 or more accounts. I left the company recently, and about ten other employees have left in the past couple of months as well. If you want to work in Democratic politics, I highly implore you to go elsewhere. The stress isn't worth it.