87AM Reviews

Management is a flat out joke. No leadership skills and huge egos. From day one, you are loaded up and are constantly expected to work long hours. In fact, the long hours are seen as a badge of honor instead of a sign of disorganization. No communication from senior staff or between departments and offices. Expectations and deadlines are managed poorly. Clients get frustrated and employees get stressed, anxious and burn out quickly. It's not worth it. 1) The pay is terrible and the benefits are awful. 2) No culture or perks. 3) Empty promises, lots of big talk and initiatives that went nowhere. 4) The company is limited in their expertise and the quality of deliverables is usually average. 87AM just doesn't compare to other "fun" "nimble" or "innovative" digital agencies.

There are so many things to list, so let me try to be concise: 1) The company is a joke. Half of the clients listed on the website were from the company's relationship with Allied Integrated Marketing- which they ended in June 2014. Therefore the only clients left are the bottom of the barrel clients that the company has been able to retain from their brief relationship with Allied. With that being said, your career opportunities are very limited. The company makes you sign an extensive contract that prevents you from working with any of their clients if you leave the company, so if you are looking online and thinking "wow, I could parlay this little gig into something great!," think again. 2) At one time the company had an office in Chicago- if you look on their website that office is no longer there. Mind you, that office opened in June 2014, it is December 2014. 6 months and the office is closed? That can only mean two things: 1) the company is so abysmal that they couldn't get clients to support the office and 2) They couldn't bring anyone in from a city of 3 million people to work for the company. Now would you like to know the reason why no one wanted to work at this "promising company"? It's because the pay is so low. We are talking 40k for a position where you are required to work 60 hour weeks. Add in the $150/month you are charged for health insurance and take out taxes and you are looking at living on about 22k. It's absolutely ridiculous. 3) Training for any position is non existent. I was trained by an intern- that's right, an intern- who honestly couldn't train a dog to bark. When you set your employees up for failure from day 1 and then beat them down when they make a mistake from their poor training, you get a disaster- which honestly describes the entire company. 4) Have you looked at their website and been like "man this looks like a cool place to work?"- well don't be fooled. The company has no benefits whatsoever. Looking for a 401(k)? Look elsewhere bc it ain't here. Want 14 days of vacation a year? You won't get that with 87am, they will give you 10 (and then take them away when they see fit). You won't even get Christmas off bc the CEO is Athiest and therefore he doesn't believe in that. 5) With no leadership and guidance the company is simply spinning in circles, and if you work here it will be a very sickly and bumpy ride. Most people last 6 months, those who have no other place to turn to or are friends with upper management may last a year, but that is it. With a name like 87am, everyone thinks that you are a radio station- and you might as well be with the low budgeted campaigns you work on. There is no culture, there is no value, all there is is half baked work and terrible campaigns. If you want real work I would suggest getting an internship with a legit agency, not this company that sprang out of the hands of a trust fund baby (the CEO).