You will likely be more unhirable after working here than if you spent the same amount of time unemployed.
Management is inexperienced and full of emotional decision makers. This means you have no supervision when it comes to quality of work, but are monitored for behavioral things like how you contribute to the “vibe of the office”. What they mean by this is how much you can change yourself to act like a straight white bro.
HR perpetuates this behavior by blaming it on broader agency culture rather than addressing realities like the fact that seven women from the creative department quit within one month.
Inappropriate and discriminatory behavior is consistent across all accounts and throughout the agency.
I had an overtly racist person on my account, who often made inappropriate comments about playing up my appearance and ethnicity for clients to see that we were a diverse team. When clients were not around, the same person complained that our content was not performing well because we had posted “too many photos of black people”. Several complaints to HR yielded no results and eventually, discouraged by the lack of action against racist behavior, I quit.
This job will change you. And your portfolio will not gain one redeemable piece of work in exchange for the degradation you’ll endure.
HR will placate you, management will belittle you, and your coworkers are so drained by hating their own lives that they have no energy to help you.
