Porter Novelli Reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(301 total reviews)

Jillian Janaczek

73% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Porter Novelli has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 301 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Porter Novelli 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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301 reviews
1.0
9 Feb 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good office space that is in central London

Cons

A catty culture among the brand comms team as well as a unhealthy system of competition is fostered that breeds bad behavior and ill will.

1.0
21 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some of the people there are truly the best at what they do.

Cons

The past two years have been very challenging for most London employees, marked by poor leadership and minimal recognition for hard work. We lost some of our most competent colleagues in the past 12 months, and top talent continues to leave. A lot of incompetent sycophants desperate to climb to the top by saying yes to everything the leadership wants without challenging bad practices. Employees are treated like children, with enforced office days and the threat of HR and leadership monitoring our entry and exit times. Attempts to sway employee survey results and ‘Best Places to Work’ awards with incentives such as drinks or promised days off are not uncommon, further undermining the credibility of any positive scores the company receives.

2.0
24 Feb 2025

Highly dysfunctional and inefficient

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and fast progression

Cons

Incompetent and ineffective leaderships, chaotic management, inappropriate behaviour from 'favourites', lack of any action if any concerns are raised, hysterical reactions to the most minor non issues, lazy people who are there because it is easy with no accountability

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