Great company culture, fantastic humans - Group Creative Director Monks Employee Review

4.0
14 Jun 2022
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Pros

Decoded truly cares about their employees well being and growth, and the day to day working environment is collaborative and positive. Their approach to getting to great creative through innovative testing is wildly successful when it’s able to be implemented properly. Amazing craft department and great creatives from junior on up. The CCO is a true gem of a human who truly gives you autonomy to lead. The culture built there considering most everyone is remote is amazing. Best in the biz imo.

Cons

Current clients often only see them as performance partners even though the capabilities are much more than that. So a lot of work to go beyond that is in vain. Lots of late nights and weekends grinding on proactive things that never were executed. Hard to keep great creatives on my team excited about the output. If a few pitches are landed with 360 clients all that will be solved. All the ingredients are there!

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5.0
29 Jun 2026
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Pros

It's been such a pleasure, joy and fresh air to work here. I'm respected, as is my work life balance.

Cons

Leadership hasn't always been consistent with their words and actions, making it feel scary and tumultuous at times.

2.0
26 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good pay. Started as a solid brand with talented coworkers.

Cons

No real upward mobility or promotion opportunity. Higher-level senior management is disconnected from creative leadership and tends to gamble a bit too much with client relationships. Agency promises a lot of benefits and growth opportunities for employees that do not come to fruition. When budgets get tight, they cut creative teams regardless of whether the account and employee have been performing well for the agency.

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