Great work/balance - low pay, no promotions - Paid Search Manager Dentsu Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2025
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Pros

Great work/life balance. Unlimited PTO that I’ve definitely been able to take advantage of and I don’t work past 5:30, but I’ve set clear boundaries with managers from the start. I have heard that not all teams/clients work this way and way work late and/or don’t get as much vacation flexibility but it seems most people do.

Cons

Have not done promotions or annual pay raise in 3 years! The clients fund your promotion so getting a promotion/advancing your career is next to impossible.

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Flexible and nice people. Good clients

Cons

The pay is way lower than others, no room to move up

4.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

I’ve been with dentsu for 4 years and I’ve really enjoyed my time. I’ve learned a lot, and worked with very smart people internally and had had interesting clients externally. Making the jump to a big agency was lethal in my professional career. This company offers great flexibility, and awesome PTO. I was able to get promoted, however promotions take a long time.

Cons

Some clients are extremely demanding. Long nights where the clients want to activate something that day or next day and our own internal teams don’t have our back and are also pushing for out of control activations. In my 4 years here, we had one annual salary raise which is not acceptable or fair to everyone. The market rate is way above what we’re getting paid. Dentsu needs to keep up as they’re on the lower end of the pay range and people are leaving because we’re losing hope of ever getting a salary raise when we could job hop and easily get 20% more. Truly disappointing since I have enjoyed my time here. The company has lost major clients and it’s difficult to feel hope for any promotions or raises.

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