If I could give zero stars for compensation and management, I would - Account Executive Dentsu Employee Review

2.0
9 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Met a few nice peers at Dentsu that made day-to-day work a bit less unbearable

Cons

Horrible HR, little to no concern for junior employees. Company is extremely cheapskate and honestly quite petty. Normal companies try to retain good talent when they try to leave - Dentsu instead tries to milk them as much as possible. Was leaving on a good note when I submitted my resignation, but now there's an extremely bitter taste in my mouth at the end of my notice period. Dentsu is having an annual salary freeze despite recently hiring a litany of new higher-ups and directors and lowballing juniors for YEARS. What you got at the point of offer is what you get - don't expect adjustment for inflation. Funniest part is during the announcement, only director-level and higher were spouting nonsense like "we're all in this together!" Try living on exec pay for a month and our workload before talking please. Management only cares about upper management, upper management only cares about themselves without realising that without junior employees, no account can be serviced. This company is a sinking ship, everyone with a brain has either left already or is trying to leave. Dentsu Singapore is now relying entirely on their expat staff that are "trapped" because of employment pass.

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5.0
2 Jul 2026
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Pros

Great culture, excellent team, good pay

Cons

becomes stagnant after few years, repetitive tasks

4.0
13 Jun 2026
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Pros

I’ve been with dentsu for 4 years and I’ve really enjoyed my time. I’ve learned a lot, and worked with very smart people internally and had had interesting clients externally. Making the jump to a big agency was lethal in my professional career. This company offers great flexibility, and awesome PTO. I was able to get promoted, however promotions take a long time.

Cons

Some clients are extremely demanding. Long nights where the clients want to activate something that day or next day and our own internal teams don’t have our back and are also pushing for out of control activations. In my 4 years here, we had one annual salary raise which is not acceptable or fair to everyone. The market rate is way above what we’re getting paid. Dentsu needs to keep up as they’re on the lower end of the pay range and people are leaving because we’re losing hope of ever getting a salary raise when we could job hop and easily get 20% more. Truly disappointing since I have enjoyed my time here. The company has lost major clients and it’s difficult to feel hope for any promotions or raises.

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