Great Place to Work ... For Some - Anonymous employee Brooks Bell Employee Review

2.0
31 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They do hire some really great, dedicated, smart people who work very hard. Work life balance is incredible, especially for the industry. Health, dental, and 401K contributions are also nice.

Cons

Top heavy "Leadership Team" which makes up about 40% of the company. Hiring decisions that don't make sense (hiring another person for leadership instead of a desperately needed creative team member). ZERO opportunity for advancement, raises, or training. A CEO who is never present, has unrealistic goals, doesn't know what is going on day to day, and will only interact with "leadership". The company is an ego trip for someone who has never worked a day in her life for anyone else. One day there is no money to pay the staff, the next they are hiring like crazy, putting on an expensive conference, and upgrading office space. There is always money to support her vision but not the dedicated people who do the work.

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Pros

Highly people-centric. Workers are valued and there is very high flexibility. An agency setting means the work is always changing, and creativity is valued in terms of how we work with clients. Lots of collaboration with all client work, and leadership is very accessible (i.e. easy to meet with and talk to).

Cons

Upward mobility is difficult unless you can show lots of value and creativity to propose new solutions--and even then, with a small company resources are tight so shifting roles dramatically may not be easy. The small agency setting also means that sometimes the work can come in fast with tight deadlines. Finally, depending on the personality type, this is definitely a place which requires high self-motivation and high people skills: this can be a pro for creative, social types; but it can be very much a con for those who need specificity and structure, and who might be more introverted/anxious types.

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Pros

Great team of people to work with.

Cons

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