Archer Reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)

Russ Williams

93% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Archer has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 40 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Archer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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40 reviews
2.0
3 Jan 2017

Tread Lightly

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Pros

It's a very fun, laid back culture. Excellent benefits. Unlimited PTO/Vacation. Lots of very talented people to work with and learn from. You can bring your dog/cat to work. Helpful and willing to provide employees with equipment needed to comfortably and efficiently do their jobs.

Cons

People who slack off, don't do their jobs, refuse to work on projects, etc. never get punished or even reprimanded. I even heard a manager say "Well it's been going on for so long what can I really do." Seriously? Umm...Fire them if they won't do their job is an option. So then the people who work hard and do well over their job descriptions get punished because they have to work even harder to pick up the slack. Lots of cliques throughout departments which leads to a lot of political games just like it were high school. Sort of like a boys club—good luck getting into that if you're a female who likes being a female. It's extremely hard to move up no matter how good you are or how hard you work. Most people leave the company to move up in their careers. I was discriminated against for my age and gender all they time. Sexual harassment is common as well. Don't expect HR or management to be of much help with any of this either. They all just turns a blind eye.

2.0
24 Aug 2017

Anonymous

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Smart people are abound, which creates a learning atmosphere--you gotta keep up and stay sharp if you want to contribute. (Though your contribution is not always welcome.) Casual atmosphere was nice.

Cons

- Poor management. Performance reviews, career goals/ objectives/ milestones--foreign concept here. Managers function in a free-for-all environment, no structure or processes, free to do as they please which means not managing at all in the end. - lots and lots of waste and inefficiencies. SVPs that do ?? , get paid quite a bit and probably haven't been billable in years. - further to the first point--very little career advancement opportunities. Career goals? Huh? What's that? Have a beer instead. - lot of focus on keeping the "cool factor" going but not much substance as a company there (example: purchased an agency in Austin just cuz, it seemed. Austin is cool, we want to be cool... Didn't seem well thought out). - a lot of people get away with a whole lot. And then others don't. Accountability is also a foreign concept and not consistent across the board. Goes back to poor management. Lots of fat to trim. - Medical benefits set up in a very complicated way. Lots of time-consuming paperwork on the employee's end - Processes and procedures are almost non-existent

3.0
9 Jan 2021

Ok with being ok.

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Pros

Everyone is nice. Low expectations of hard work so your work/life balance is incredible.

Cons

Everyone is nice. No hard conversations are had. So the work never gets better, the people never get better, the agency doesn't grow, the pitches are lackluster and they then have to lean on their one tobacco account to show any real movement of a brand. They were the biggest name in Memphis for so long they didn't have to work to get business and that's not cutting it anymore. Now they don't know how to pitch or do really compelling work. Then they laid off most of the people that cared and wanted the agency to change for the better. Sad. Russ the CEO is a great guy, but his long-time partner and friend Gary, the CCO fancies himself a great creative and is the exact opposite; a better philosopher of the industry than practitioner. You would think he's a writer by trade because you never see him design or art direct anything, but no, he grew up an art director. That's telling. Could be sorted out again with ....guess what... a tough conversation. But, everyone's too nice.

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