Buzzacott Reviews

Pros

The firm provides fantastic development opportunities, not only in terms of access to learning materials, but also through exposure to Partners. I have been given full responsibility for a portfolio of clients but receive extensive support from my seniors whenever I request it. Both positive and negative feedback is delivered fairly and constructively. My manager sets challenging, but achievable performance goals, and there is no question that strong performance is rewarded.

Cons

Hard for members of smaller teams to integrate with other, larger teams within the firm owing to office layout. No clear firm policy on how work performed for other teams is recognised can often lead to frustration.

Pros

Buzzacott is the most amazing employer to work for. A company that really cares about its people. Partners are very open and you get lots of access to them. Some are even funny! This firm really invests in you. Opportunity to go on lots of training courses, will invest in new products to help you with your job. Very social company, lots going. They also have a dress up ball and summer bbq, all free for you and your family as well as other events throughout the year. Really easy to make friends which helped with moving to new city. Loved being a part of the Marketing team, had so much fun and the team generally got along. Team management hired for personality and team fit, which was really good. Lots of freedom in the marketing team to try new things. Team management were always encouraging, never scolded you for mistakes and gave you plenty support and mentoring. Great place to start Marketing career. Professional support teams were a tight knit unit which was great to have IT, HR, Finance, CSR and House work on a lot of projects with each other and socialise. Managing Partner Tony was great, really down to earth and always present at socials.

Cons

Although I loved the marketing team, team management did make some bad choices on major expensive projects, spent quite frivolously and were quite rigid in responding and adapting to concerns from fee earners, which meant that the team had a poor reputation as a whole within the firm. This because quite frustrating and disheartening at times. You have quite a lot of responsibility without title and pay. Execs manage 6 figure budgets and multiple teams - that would be a manager role in other firms. Team structure was flat, so no progression which is probably why Marketing team has high turnover. Outsourced a lot rather than bringing much needed skills in house. People used to call us ‘the outsourcers’