Unrealistic workload - Copywriter Tier 11 Employee Review

2.0
26 Jul 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Fellow team members were great. The job was fully flexible, so perfect for a parent.

Cons

The expectation over how much work employees could handle was completely unrealistic. Every day was like fighting fires.

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Tier 11 Response
3y
Thank you for the feedback and I am really sorry to hear your experience regarding workload was unrealistic and not aligned with your expectations. An environment where "every day feels like you are fighting fires" is NOT the workplace and experience we want to cultivate at Tier 11. I want you to feel supported, engaged and mentally prepared to do the best you can within your role - and when there are issues that arise, provide an outlet so we can make swift adjustments as necessary to keep you performing at your peak. These are all things we must continue to refine and uphold as a high performing agency. As the Head of People and Culture at Tier 11, I take the welfare, happiness and stress of our people incredibly seriously, including feedback like this. I would love if you could please reach out to me at: joshua@tiereleven.com - If you could please provide some further context/details so I can continue to evaluate and refine how Tier 11 can avoid situations like this for our current and future team members. Thank you again for your valuable feedback. Kind Regards, Josh

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5.0
22 Oct 2024
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Pros

Good team, a company that is willing to change and grow with the industry. Supportive leadership team.

Cons

The company is still growing so at the moment, some position do not have a lot of upward mobility.

2.0
30 Dec 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• Flexible work environment as long as you meet your goals • Some great people are still there, many of whom I still have relationships with • Flexible time off (again, as long as you're getting work done) • Decent starting point for those getting into digital marketing

Cons

• Company culture has declined steadily since 2022. • Very little room for pay increases over the past year or two. In fact, they've lost some incredibly talented people because they were unable and/or unwilling to compensate employees appropriately. • They talk a big game about vision, but they vision is unclear and hard to grasp onto. This is made worse by the fact that many employees feel uncomfortable brining up their questions or worries with the direction of the agency. • They recently brought in two "big names" the marketing world. Personally, I don't think they had the money to do this and they're hurting more than before. • No benefits whatsoever. They've talked for a couple years now about adding benefits, but it never happened. • Upper-leadership is impulsive and reactionary. Lower-leadership plays along. It actually started to feel like lower-leadership was losing their "pull" in decision making. • Leadership also doesn't recognize ongoing issues and chooses to push past things without actually addressing them. • Over the past 2-3 years, there was a growing sense of insecurity across multiple departments. It was brought up to leadership, but never really addressed. The company has since gone through multiple rounds of layoffs, a large acquisition of another agency, multiple exoduses of top employees, and is now only hiring in Latin America, presumably because they cannot afford US talent.

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Tier 11 Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your perspective after your significant tenure with Tier 11. After 5-7 years with us, your insights offer an important viewpoint on our evolution. I appreciate you acknowledging our flexible work environment and the talented people on our team. These remain foundational elements of Tier 11's culture. Regarding your concerns, I want to address them with clarity and conviction. The transformation at Tier 11 since 2022 has been deliberate and necessary. We made the strategic decision to evolve from a "Traffic focused" Meta advertising agency into a comprehensive digital marketing partner through our Conversion Engine method. Data Suite tech, and adoption Marketing Performance Indicators (MPIs) (leveraging metrics that matter)... This transformation wasn't forced upon us—we chose this path because the traditional agency model is broken. Change is inherently messy and transformational periods are always challenging. The team members who have embraced this journey with a "seek to understand" mindset have recognized the value of these changes and can now see the strategic vision taking shape. In recent months, we're beginning to see the fruits of this transformation, The issues you've mentioned—compensation limitations, lack of benefits, international hiring—stem from necessary business investments at this stage of our growth. Standing up a client success department, bringing in specialized talent, and making strategic acquisitions require significant resources that support the achievement of our teams vision. These investments are critical for our future but have temporarily limited our ability to expand in other areas. What you reference as "trying to solve problems that were never actually problems" mischaracterizes our approach. We deliberately charted a new course that requires elevated effort and sacrifice in service of our long-term vision. Returning to "what made Tier 11 special years ago" isn't viable in today's evolving industry landscape—what got us here won't get us where we need to go. While our strategic decisions are proving effective, we acknowledge there have been tactical mistakes and learnings along the way. No company undergoing complete transformation avoids these growing pains. What has remained consistent throughout is our commitment to transforming the industry, our strong leadership, and the core values that guide our decisions. I appreciate your contributions during your time with us and wish you continued success. If you would like to discuss your experience further, please reach out to me directly at joshua@tiereleven.com. Josh
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