Great talent with even greater egos - Experiential Marketing AGENC Employee Review

3.0
8 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Amazing new(ish) head quarters in an up-and-coming LA neighborhood - Amazing project roster with careful and deep-rooted client relations - Decent upward mobility (by title) for "junior" employees that show promise and mold to the "agenC" mentality - Talented and driven coworkers that "inspire" you to put your best foot forward EVERY SINGLE DAY

Cons

Actively Driven by Competition - Owners have a tangible distain with their competing agency's, essentially ostracizing any employee that leaves for a better position or pay (that agenC can't match) - Leadership staff amongst all departments have a lack of understanding of each other's roles and motives, ultimately creating a convoluted environment where they spend more time arguing about who's right in important meetings - Creative and production have always had a disconnect due to lack of respect and understanding from both teams. Lots of details behind this, and you can read other reviews, but know that this could have 100% been mitigated by proper management (even in the interviewing process of some bad hires) - Egos definitely got in the way of senior management being able to properly acknowledge, support, understand, empower or even properly compensate anyone that challenged the established status quo or career path that they deemed you worthy

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AGENC Response
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We truly appreciate the feedback. We certainly can always grow and learn and thank you for taking the time to write this and give us this very important POV.

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5.0
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Pros

The owner of the company is very flexible to work with. He offers constructive criticism and is always willing to listen and coach me to do my job better. The financial controller is always very helpful and was very patient training me in my first few months and always willing to give me tips and help me to excel at my job. I'm very happy to be working here.

Cons

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1.0
4 Jul 2025
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Pros

A few sweet colleagues who are sympathetic

Cons

I don't know where to begin but will say that this work experience was at the very bottom of the list of experiences I've regrettably had in my life. Management got involved in petty spats which caused a lot of drama and unnecessary stress. I witnessed very disturbing actions many times which caused a culture of trepadation and fear through the company. The culture at this agency is very tense and unsupportive. Unskilled management was very blame focused without offering team support when very much needed. Now that I have some distance and have worked with other agencies and brands I see a lot of cracks operationally and would never hire this company for an event nor encourage anyone to consider working there.

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