Inspired Thinking Group reviews about "manager"

Overworked. Underpaid. Inexperienced leadership team in the creative side of the business who don’t know what industry standards are. ITG becomes a very negative and toxic place to work after awhile. I started off in a very positive place, then I was put down by my manager, I was unsupported, overworked and eventually made to feel so bad about myself and my confidence that I had to leave. ITG does not care about people, I had a wellbeing champion call me crying down the phone saying how they couldn’t say anything, how toxic the environment their situation was and how they hated their life at ITG. Multiple people did this across the company, which is so saddening and scary.

Littlest career progression Heavy workload Little communication between teams Low salaries compared with other companies. Managers lack leadership skills The level of stress imposed on employees is alarming. No salary increases

I currently work on one of the AWG accounts. First thing, the clients are very rude and disrespectful many times. I understand this can happen in this kind of work, but it would be good if managers support us more often instead of leaving us alone with the situation. My biggest complaint is about the training. I started when the company was still PureRed. I worked with Pam and Lisa for some weeks. They are both kind people, but honestly, almost nothing they showed me was useful for the real work I ended up doing. I was basically pushed into managing an account I did not understand at all. My team leader has been very helpful and does what she can, but even her knowledge about the account was limited too. What frustrates me the most is that layoffs are still happening, while Pam and Lisa stay all day with very little responsibility and still keep their positions. Meanwhile, the rest of us are struggling every day and working crazy hours. We need more transparency about what they actually do and how they are helping the team. Right now there is a huge disconnect between training and operations. Communication should be constant, and there should not be topics they cannot teach us. I was told they worked on AWG accounts before, so if that is true, then why is there still so much confusion and lack of guidance?

The worst company ever. For the first month of working here i thought this company was amazing however it is all a façade, do not fall for it. The manager was an absolute bully with stupidly unrealistic expectations. I was also massively underpaid as the only person of colour on the team with massive amounts of work load. Managers ignore you, they don't train you properly and blame you for not being a top performer straight away. 0 diversity at this company and if I'm being honest if you are a person of colour stay away from them!! They do not care or value the mental health of their employee's, their values are absolute rubbish they don't mean any of it. I complained to HR about my unfair dismissal and discrimination claim and they didn't care.

1-1s are for show, nothing comes from them "Culture of Kindness" is just a sham, many people are miserable Nepotism through the roof "share scheme" a con to get you to stay Many senior leaders have left 10 year service award was a box of brownies... Many managers have no idea what they were doing Since previous leadership left and CEO change the business has gone downhill Private investment company ruining what was a great place to work

Salaries are very low (some only slightly above minimum wage), especially for graduates, while workloads are high. No real career progression — management does little to support development. Taking annual leave often led to managers digging into your work, and you’d return to unnecessary performance meetings despite hitting all targets and timelines. Juniors are overworked while management contributes little of value. Recent layoffs are blamed on “globalization” and “offshoring,” but in reality it’s all about cutting costs by replacing talented staff with cheaper overseas labor. The company preaches “transparency” and a “culture of kindness,” but the reality is a culture of fear. Senior management doesn’t welcome challenge or feedback, and staff are afraid to speak up in case they’re next on the redundancy list. High-paid executives benefit while frontline employees are treated as disposable.

lack of organising and full of politics. your manager know nothing about their jobs and very disorganised. work very long hours too.

Work and lifestyle balance can be tricky in any agency that works within this industry but the key is working with the right people to get the job done and deliver on time. There certainly has been some hills to climb over the years and time have occasionally felt tough but i've personally got through them with the support of my colleagues.

Pay reviews are minimal and you have to work hard hours will little recognition in return. Lots of unfair nepotism.