Pros
Whipsmart, strategic people who do good work A community of coworkers who care about each other's goals and successes
Cons
The people I worked for and with are what I am grateful for. They taught me endlessly usefull skills and advice that have carried my career forward. Unfortunately, that's where it ends. As a college grad, I was starstruck to work with some of the top brands. What I wish I would have known: the structure of the agency keeps talented, strategic employees churning out meaningless work with little strategic impact on the overall client work; low-paying, and not competitive to other agencies within the city and little opportunity to negotiate raises; a political system in which you play the game to the get the work experience you want. And I get it, this is what agency life can be like. I just wanted more for myself, and this agency isn't willing to bend because it knows it can overwork and burnout cycles of employees. There has been major overturn the last two years, and for a reason.