J. Walter Thompson Worldwide Reviews
Updated 10 Jul 2019
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Tamara Ingram
79 Ratings
Pros
"great people & place to work in advertising" (in 43 reviews)
"Amazing work environment full of great creative minds" (in 36 reviews)
Cons
"Insane long hours, people are overworked" (in 40 reviews)
"no work life balance and no OT allowance" (in 26 reviews)
"A good place to work but staff becoming frustrated"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time
Pros
Majority of staff are great workers Good name for CV Interesting work Social Bar Reasonable hours
Cons
Losing a lot of talent as pay is below competitors Cannot retain staff Junior staff not respected
Advice to Management
Give more opportunities to staff, be more open about pay increases
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-05-09"Great potential"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Merged with Wunderman recently, which is exciting
Cons
Seen as old school by some people
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-05-19"Fun times but hard work and long days"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 3 years
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Great to have a bar in your work place
Cons
Too many egos really, but that's not exclusive to JWT
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-05-17"Great company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros
Well established, look after their people.
Cons
Confusion or overlap between agencies withing the WPP network.
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-01-29"Old school needing radical change (London)"
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I worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time
Pros
strong and friendly community overworked and understaffed
Cons
strong and friendly community within lower end employees, united in their hatred for outright bullying and complete lack of respect from more senior members of staff overworked and understaffed
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-02-01"Senior Account Executive"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros
JWT is a dynamic environment where you can learn cross functional skill sets in a truly digital world.
Cons
promotions are slow and the flat structures make promotion very slow
Advice to Management
Promote people and give them opportunity for growth.
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-01-05"Senior Account Director"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than a year
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On-site bar, some good social events
Cons
Very top heavy with long termers sitting in positions for years. Culture of favouritism:
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2019-01-22"Ok place to work"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than a year
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Structured, good smart people, some large global clients
Cons
stuffy agency in certain ways
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2018-12-10"Mindless drones"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide
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Some nice people, good cafeteria.
Cons
Management simply do not care about you - you are just a tool to “please” their clients, who they bend over backwards for in fear of upsetting them. Do not expect any support if you are going through a difficult time, and do not expect to do anything vaguely creative. Also a massive problem with the gender pay gap. They rely on their reputation to attract new talent and providing superficial “benefits” like a terrace...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Treat your employees with respect.
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2018-11-23- Helpful (1)
"Smoking mirrors"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great on CV - especially for planners Clients with interesting budgets and possibilities Lovely people
Cons
If you are not the JWT-type, it'll be hard to fit in (diversity what?) Especially in the planning department a sad lack of diversity of backgrounds and people Crazy and verbally violent people are allowed, apparently Clients are boring, too serious (oil companies, finance) Salaries are a joke, and gender pay gap is a thing Impossible to have any sort of promotion or pay rise
Advice to Management
Try and understand better the talent in your team and champion them. Protect them, and make them feel listened and valued. Give opportunities also to others than just the grads.
J. Walter Thompson Worldwide2018-10-20
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