BPCM Reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)
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Vanessa von Bismarck

80% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

BPCM has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BPCM 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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47 reviews
1.0
6 Apr 2017

Terrible work experience

Recommend
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Pros

Central office location, small team so you get to know people quickly, and daytime hours tend to not be too long

Cons

As an intern you get zero pay, do all the chores, like a free cleaning lady: emptying bins every night, cleaning up cups of tea, getting lunch and whatever the permanent team needs. No recognition of effort, no inclusion from the permanent team, and work isn't intereting at all. I came to learn about PR strategy, and was always only tasked with packing up shoes and bags, never to use my brain.

4.0
14 Nov 2016

Summer Internship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoyed my summer internship at BPCM's New York office and gained valuable skills and work experience. The environment was for the most part friendly and positive. Employees made an effort to get to know all of the interns and made sure we felt comfortable around the office. Interns work directly with account executives and are assigned daily tasks and responsibilities. As an intern I assisted account executives in the beauty department with maintaining the Beauty closet and sample inventory for all clients, clipping online and print mentions, sending out samples, and drafting basic public relations materials including press releases as well as weekly / monthly press reports. I have gained so much PR experience from this opportunity. I would highly recommend!

Cons

The office staff is often changing due to high staff turnover. There are little employee incentives and the salary is extremely low for entry-level positions in New York City.

2.0
1 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Free clothes, makeup, bags and accessories. Fashion Week events and parties. Chelsea location. Loft like office good IT if you need it.

Cons

Lack of diversity and cliquey office behavior. Extremely shady management practices. I have seen people let go without warning and adequate reasoning. Then a week later a new person replaced them meaning the supervisor of the team planned to let the person go the whole time and knew it in advance! The person that was let go was the last one to find out. UNBELIEVABLE. In most corporate agencies this is unheard of due to Human Resources procedures (that are there to protect employees) but since the company is small and HR is nonexistent (literally one person), there isn't anyone to go to for real issues beyond your boss. Low salary as well even for people who have been there for over two years. New title with the same pay. Definitely ask for a higher salary if you have experience because if not they will low ball you. I think it serves its purpose but not a place to grow in and advance up the ladder for that ladder is broken and BPCM won't fix it. If you decide to work there, watch your back and don't trust too many of the employees as mentioned earlier, its cliquey and very fake. Give it time before you show all your cards because their will be any eyes on you. What did it for me was the shady management practices and letting people go without warning and thinking that it's fair.

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