SHADOW Reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(103 total reviews)

Brad Zeifman & Lisette Sand-Freedman

49% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

SHADOW has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 103 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SHADOW 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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103 reviews
1.0
22 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They know how to hire great people. Your colleagues will be fun and make the experience tolerable. Decent clients that look good on your resume.

Cons

Where do I start? From the constant emotional and mental abuse, to the late and early morning emails and lack of guidance from your supervisors, it will make this experience not only a nightmare but crush every ambitions you had to be a publicist. During your first month the senior staff will be so kind to you and make you feel very welcome. As your time at the company progresses it’s all downhill from there. You will be constantly demoralized and told how worthless you are. Micromanaging is not only the culture here but a hobby for your supervisors. When told you will be owning something, you actually won’t be. These are some of the most sad, miserable people I have ever encountered. The senior staff seems lonely and can only interact with people in the industry and not have any true friendships or relationships outside of their work. It feels like being in a catty sorority that you want to disaffiliate with after dealing with a self-detrimental hazing process. Just mean mean girl attitudes. Being mean gets you no where and hurting people is not a good look. You aren’t cool and you are losers. If at some point you were cool - that ship has for sure sailed. Don’t work here...if you end up taking the job...you have been warned. I hope we never meet so I don’t tell you “I told you so.”

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SHADOW Response
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Thank you for sharing. As an agency, we are committed to rigorous honesty and transparency, and we reinforce open communication. Unfortunately, there seems to have been a perceived lapse in this case. While SHADOW is indeed not the place for everyone, we’re sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. We welcome all employees to provide feedback and voice concerns via the many resources available to them here and through an open-door policy. We would have loved to have heard from you! We wish you the best of luck in your search for the right company fit.
1.0
27 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Sometimes you can take free, old product from client inventory

Cons

- zero mentorship or training - favoritism - 0 sense of diversity - shallow - awful salary - experienced downright verbal abuse - 0 work/life balance - expected to live and breathe PR

1.0
5 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The office is glamorous and the list of clientele is impressive.

Cons

I worked here right out of college, when I was very naive. I knew at the time that the way I was being treated by my direct manager and the CEOs was abusive. But looking back on it now that I have been very successful in my career and know better - it's honestly laughable how unprofessional it was. The office has a culture of trying to intimidate you, break you. The people who work there think it's chic to be overworked and stressed out. What a joke. When I quit and went on to a better job with a healthier work environment, they told me I would "never make it in this industry," that if I didn't win their approval, I would never be successful. They were very wrong. No one needs to endure a toxic environment to get ahead. Take several seats.

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