Pros
The only pro the agency possesses is the building it resides in. Which is a ‘pro’ afforded to staff by the agency simply paying rent.
Cons
It’s like the Managing Partners made a list of all the plucky, inspiring and progressive values an independent agency could be and did the exact opposite. Expect a underhand management style with passive aggressive and toxic attitudes towards flexible working, promotion and motivation. Management operate from a position of bitterness towards staff; demanding gratefulness from employees and flaunting a ‘you don’t know you’re born’ attitude. This is no place to progress your career. People burn out, leave or get disenfranchised within 6 months. The agency operates with a profound misunderstanding of what great work looks like and how it is made. And as a result, has had to affect legitimacy by promoting its behavioural science and neuroscience “credentials”, but, sadly, it is a flight of fancy. Just a strategic and positional reshuffling to bill clients for snake oil in PowerPoint. Key heads of departments are coasting and squandering the talent below them.
