Pros
I met several wonderful and talented people here. A decent jumping off point for people just entering the career force. Brighton will give a taste of what fast-pace is like and kick your multi-tasking skills into overdrive, however you must be the type of personality that can figure things out on their own, or you will sink or just remain stagnant.
Cons
You will be given little to no training or onboarding and then will be expected to swim because leadership is constantly dealing with fire drills and won’t have time to train you. Brighton has blanket statement memos about company policy, but no constructive one-on-one conversations; expect zero coaching and all important information to come to you through the grapevine. The term “Embrace Change”, one of Brighton’s pillars, has been used as a way to gaslight employees into conforming to whatever Brighton wants. This place burns out the same small team of favorites. There is an entire arsenal of talent that is underutilized and not trusted because there are only a handful of people whom leadership will listen to. This leads to the majority of the staff feeling perpetually devalued. The small pack of favorites has benefits and privileges that the rest of the company does not, including a platform to be demeaning, demoralizing and difficult to their teammates with no repercussions. Your thoughts and ideas could be bulldozed if you are not one of them. Don’t expect a promotion or a raise without kicking and screaming; I had to present my case to three people in leadership after working 60 hour weeks on major projects that the client praised for a full two years before being promoted. On top of this, Brighton has tone deaf leadership. This is not a safe space to speak your mind, even pertaining to creative marketing concepts, unless you are part of a small group of favorites. I was hired to offer creative insights and was told to bite my tongue because my opinions and ideas didn’t align with my boss’s. So have several of the females I know who have been “too opinionated”. Most of them have left Brighton by now because it pushes away people who aren’t complacent. While most of the male-dominated creative leadership team is comprised of likable, decent people, they can be disillusioned to their own sexist favoritism. Please do not consider working here if diversity is important to you. You’ll be working amongst the values and opinions of older white men. Additionally, if you are a woman and having a child is a priority, expect that to be a target on your back. The Maternity Leave policy does not seem like it was implemented by a female CEO. It is laughable. If you don't meld into the outdated, crusty ideals of what it is to be a Brightonian, you will not be happy here.