Small Agency, Great Work, Terrible Management - Anonymous employee Isadora Agency Employee Review

2.0
17 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The quality of the work is great and the agency utilizes industry best practices to keep you sharp and competitive as a professional. The employees are really kind, generous, and talented people, and a joy to work with.

Cons

Very poor medical and dental offerings and no 401k. Charged employees to park on a lot. Unfair treatment based on favoritism by the founder/CEO of this small agency. Extreme micro-management by the founder/CEO which added undue stress and performance anxiety. This included e-mail and conversation monitoring, being criticized in front of the entire team (embarrassing and disrespectful), and a constant need for her to control the project – so what's the point of having a project manager?

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5.0
11 Mar 2024
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Pros

- Amazing expertise of all of the team - The culture puts people first with an understanding around needing to a take a sick day, pickups from school, and general well being - Interesting work and a great list of clients across diverse industries mean the work is never boring. - A strong commitment to diversity and equality in all things made me feel welcome.

Cons

- As the team are truly global sometime scheduling a call can be a bit difficult.

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Isadora Agency Response
2y
Thank you for all the feedback and contributions to the agency.
5.0
9 Mar 2022
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Pros

My first foray into the agency world after spending the majority of my career in-house. I must say, that it is fun and challenging. I'm responsible for managing and leading a talented group of Strategist, UX Designers, and Visual Designers. We focus on product discovery and design projects for clients, from various industries. We help clients address their most pressing business objectives. Through understanding our client's goals and their customers' problems, we ideate, prototype and test solutions to come up with the best possible MVP solution. Isadora is a great partner in every essence. As our Chief Creative Officer, she is detailed oriented, supportive, thoughtful in her feedback, and a visionary for each client. She looks to ensure that each clients' design is unique and distinctive—a signature approach for Isadora. I, as the agency's UX Director, work to ensure that we address user needs and goals. I ensure that the work we produce delights users with engaging interactions, and a memorable experience that creates an emotional connection.

Cons

We are growing and there is a lot of work. So there are growth pains that is challenging us to stick to our process or optimize it to scale and adjust more effectively. We need to hire more talented people to support the various work we have going.

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Isadora Agency Response
4y
Thank you for the kind words and the honesty - yes we are indeed growing and will be adding more experienced team members throughout the year
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