Nice clients but zero personal growth & toxic environment - Project Manager Monks Employee Review

2.0
1 Feb 2023
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Pros

They do GREAT pitch work, they have an army of talented people to win new accounts and that's why they are so big. The accounts are mostly fun to work on. The work is often innovative and refreshing.

Cons

Extremely toxic environment, lot's of gossip, talking negative about other teams and people. No personal growth, in all the time I have been there I did not have one performance review. I had no line manager and no growth plan. It was a sweat shop and feedback came in the form of just throwing you onto another project 'see if you'd do better' but you would never hear what actually went 'wrong'.

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5.0
29 Jun 2026
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Pros

It's been such a pleasure, joy and fresh air to work here. I'm respected, as is my work life balance.

Cons

Leadership hasn't always been consistent with their words and actions, making it feel scary and tumultuous at times.

2.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay. Started as a solid brand with talented coworkers.

Cons

No real upward mobility or promotion opportunity. Higher-level senior management is disconnected from creative leadership and tends to gamble a bit too much with client relationships. Agency promises a lot of benefits and growth opportunities for employees that do not come to fruition. When budgets get tight, they cut creative teams regardless of whether the account and employee have been performing well for the agency.

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