Human Magic Reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Mark Hardwicke

64% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Human Magic has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Human Magic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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22 reviews
1.0
27 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

As always, the people doing the actual work were great - look forward to working alongside some of them again soon!

Cons

Deary me. Sad and sorry times for the agency that once was Ph Creative. New CEO has turned it into a catastrophe through a combination of absence and inexperience. Seems to operate on a principle of 'what the law permits', which for a service industry business that operates within in the (irony klaxon!) Employer brand sector is... not really it? Setting accusations of bitterness aside (glad to be out tbh) it's the behaviour of the owner since the redundancy which has created the levels of animosity coursing through the former employee community. Staff have been fed, and continue to be fed, a string of partial truths and outright mistruths,

1.0
26 Jun 2025

Same old same old

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Hard to think of any

Cons

Don’t bother, look elsewhere as this is a dead end career wise. Believe all 1 and 2 star reviews

1.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

A truly innovative payroll system that completely removes the burden of actually paying employees. Very forward-thinking cost-saving initiative. Fantastic opportunity to experience what it’s like to be told everything is fine while watching the company actively implode around you. Leadership offers masterclasses in confidence without competence. Truly inspiring to witness someone speak so authoritatively while being so spectacularly out of their depth. A future as White House Press Secretary beckons. Great team spirit — nothing unites staff quite like collectively realising nobody is getting paid. If you enjoy fiction, you’ll love the regular updates about mystery investors and magical buyouts that apparently exist somewhere between fantasy and delusion.

Cons

Salaries apparently operate on a “surprise and suspense” payment schedule (three months unpaid and counting). Pension contributions seem to have been placed into a parallel universe where they have not been seen for nearly a year. Job security is outstanding right up until the moment everyone is made redundant. Communication from leadership is frequent, confident, and almost entirely detached from reality. Accountability appears to be a banned concept at senior level. The alleged acquisition announcements provide exciting plot twists, although unfortunately they don’t extend to paying employees or keeping the company solvent. Career progression is somewhat limited when the organisation is heading toward liquidation.

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