Flypaper Reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Nat W. Lea IV

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Flypaper has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Flypaper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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54 reviews
1.0
9 Oct 2019

Don’t even consider working for this company.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people are great.

Cons

First of all, training was an absolute joke. You’re told to not worry about knowing what you’re selling, to just sell. No one in upper management or training has even sold Flypaper products, which makes it even more of a joke. All upper management cares about is money — they view you (and their clients) as dollar signs. They do not care about Flypaper clients, their clients’ businesses, customer service or their employees. But of course, they do care about their money. Flypaper’s upper management is also unbelievably narcissistic and manipulative while using bullying tactics to try to get what they want. Blatant favoritism allows those bullying and narcissistic tendencies to trickle down to employees that have worked there for years, while they are supposed to be serving as leaders to the team. You are made to feel stupid every other day about the slightest things you may do wrong, which circles back to the issue of bullying and narcissism. They don’t pay any of their employees what they’re worth (most likely in effort to save most profit for themselves) and do not allow their employees any personal time. You are made to feel guilty for setting appointments or taking care of your family or planning vacations during work hours. Upper management will bash past employees in front of new employees, new business partners and new managers. Flypaper has the worst culture, morality and upper management of any company I’ve ever worked for. Because they care so much about money/sales, they don’t care about their current clients or employee needs.

1.0
25 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Get your foot into digital marketing

Cons

Please...before you apply here read this. 1. Salary cap on employees. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been there...3 years...5 years....a campaign specialist is capped after the 2 year mark. This was told me to AFTER I never got a raise for the year. I was then told the cap was removed for 2021 and later was told by an even higher management that it was never discussed with him. 2. They will lie to you. I was also moved from the Hot Springs office to the Little Rock office to learn a different position (I was a Campaign specialist and learned the product specialist role...aka building websites, SEO work) and told that I was material for a team lead there. Someone else got the position. I was told they were afraid the other person would have left if they had given it to me and they also gave it to them because they were hired on to the company before me...this should have been my first sign of getting out. 3. Gossip. This company LOVES to gossip and anything and everything will get around and become twisted. Backstabbers are everywhere and people will happily be nice to your face while talking bad about you behind your back, this includes upper management 4. Favoritism. Be prepared to also watch others come in for less than a year, get picked because they’re “attractive” and moved to a management position because of favoritism. You will also encounter a culture of “not wanting to fire people”. Aka, there’s some lazy people that should be fired but for some reason are still there. Oh and those lazy people still get raises. You will even have a talk with your superiors about things and you’ll get “I’ll talk to them” with no improvement. It got to the point where I was having to double check others work or even taking on extra work because I did not trust those people to do it The list goes on but I think you get the gist. This is a very toxic company that seems good at first, but should only be viewed as a stepping stone into the digital marketing world.

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Flypaper Response
5y
We are glad to see that you stayed with our Flypaper team for so long. It's surprising to us that you had a 1-star experience. We understand that our culture of "caring meritocracy" isn't for everyone. At Flypaper, we value hard work and will do everything to empower and promote people when their merits and readiness reach the right level. If that is not the case, we feel it is our responsibility to protect employees from being put into positions and roles for which they are not prepared. It can be frustrating when somebody else gets a promotion that you felt you deserved and can make it feel like the team is playing "favorites." While we don't play favorites, we do look at each employee's work experience both before and during their time with Flypaper. Employees with backgrounds that include working in management roles or leading a team will catch our attention. This experience will sometimes result in leadership positions within our organization. Speaking of promotions, we've internally promoted team members to Regional Sales Manager, Agency Operations Manager (x2), Digital Marketing Strategist, and SEO Operations Manager (and that is just in the last few weeks). While we could go through and debunk many of the things said in this review, we will leave it at this: we are glad that Flypaper has been, and continues to be, a place where people begin their path in digital marketing. While it appears that you view your time at Flypaper as a way to "get your foot into digital marketing," we hope that your experience with our company leads you to a great career, even if that career isn't with Flypaper. Wishing you success.
2.0
3 Jul 2019

Decent to build your resume

Recommend
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Pros

It's a relaxed environment which is nice. Frequent outings to coffee shops and lunches. It's nice if you need to build experience.

Cons

They're so concerned with sales it's unreal. Instead of wanting to actually help their clients, they're trying to have you go in every month and get upsells. Your pay is less than you're worth - especially with a degree. They give empty promises and don't increase your pay after years of working there. Don't expect to go anywhere in the company because there isn't any upward mobility. They churn clients and employees quickly (for lots of reasons), so don't get used to your co-workers. The sales people are just that - sales. So as a campaign manager you're constantly cleaning up their lies/promises they said to make a sale.

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Flypaper Response
6y
Thank you for your review. Your feedback is valuable.
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