Believe the rumors - Anonymous employee BMF Employee Review

1.0
27 Mar 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Junior level staff is lovely, really great hard workers but management will never help them move up.

Cons

The reason there are many people who have only ever worked at BMF for 7+ years (and have no idea how to do their jobs) is because they are so awful, toxic, and racist, that they could only ever work with each other because any other healthy agency would kick them out immediately. I had to leave before they compromised my morals or ethics too much. There are a few good souls in leadership but unfortunately they're told to shut up or leave. It is a toxic place full of horrible people. I had heard the rumors about them for years and took a chance and believed that leadership truly wanted to work towards being a better and more inclusive company. That was not my experience whatsoever. I worked very close to leadership and the things I heard would make for a lawsuit - "pick someone random to fire to help cash flow" telling agencies during pitch meetings "well we have a mexican and a black" to try to explain the "diversity", lots of sexual harassment. Just disgusting men and their sidekick managing director who has no brain of her own. Total Karen who is sick in the head and get's pleasure from hurting staff, never seen her do any work on her own. No other agency would accept her so instead she sticks around as the leaderships mouthpiece/propaganda machine. Don't trust anyone in leadership or higher up, I was higher up and the lack of empathy bordered on sociopathic. Most of the good people in leadership have been driven out because of the complete insanity and horrible CEO. Leadership is absolutely out of control. Many of the coworkers who have been there for years lie to protect the men running the agency and in turn get to stick around while being horrible at their jobs and having no real marketable skills.

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Cons

- Entry-level pay barely reaches minimum wage despite long hours and constant travel in an expensive city - Management talks down to staff and watches employees struggle without stepping in - Bullying behavior is ignored or tolerated, even when witnessed by managers - No real support system or sense of culture exists - Work-life balance is nonexistent - Employees are blamed for problems outside their control and left to handle the consequences alone - The atmosphere feels isolating and oppressive, with constant tension and stress - Overwhelm is treated as weakness rather than a real concern - Emotional safety is absent, with public criticism and zero accountability - Trust in leadership quickly erodes - Stress and frustration follow you home long after the workday ends - Mental and emotional strain from the environment lingers, causing lasting harm - Compensation is insulting given the demands and personal sacrifices required This role leaves a deep impression of exhaustion, mistrust, and emotional drain, making it a place that is difficult to survive in and impossible to recommend.

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