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Tamara Ingram
101 Ratings
Pros
"great people & place to work in advertising" (in 44 reviews)
"Helpful people and Fun work environment" (in 41 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours according to client needs, office politics" (in 44 reviews)
"no work life balance and no OT allowance" (in 30 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"Great place. Nice people."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Nice people. No ego. Just focus on the work.
Cons
Wunderman merger is still an unknown.
"Dinosaurs"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Profile, established, safe, ( unless you are a dynamic tech driven brand - then out if depth)
Cons
Failed to move with the times
Continue reading"Low pay, nice environment."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
JWT was like a family. Lot's of talented nice people.
Cons
Top mangement lives in the stoneage. Low pay.
Continue reading"A good place to work but staff becoming frustrated"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
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
Continue reading"Marketing Director"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
No Opinion of CEOI worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Lots of change, challenges and opportunities
Cons
It takes a long time for things to change and adapt to the market.
Continue reading"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
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.
"Fun times but hard work and long days"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great to have a bar in your work place
Cons
Too many egos really, but that's not exclusive to JWT
Pros
Merged with Wunderman recently, which is exciting
Cons
Seen as old school by some people
"Senior Account Executive"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
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
Continue reading"Old school needing radical change (London)"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
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
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