Overworked and under-appreciated - Associate Director Monks Employee Review

2.0
Jan 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Medical Benefits; autonomy; employees who genuinely care about their craft.

Cons

Constant layoffs that result in overworked teams who have to pick up the slack; huge lack of transparency in senior leadership; minuscule annual raises; too many M&As without having proper integration plans in place.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits and great coworkers Lots of room to Frow

Cons

Hard work life balance Sometimes unorganized

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay. Started as a solid brand with talented coworkers.

Cons

No real upward mobility or promotion opportunity. Higher-level senior management is disconnected from creative leadership and tends to gamble a bit too much with client relationships. Agency promises a lot of benefits and growth opportunities for employees that do not come to fruition. When budgets get tight, they cut creative teams regardless of whether the account and employee have been performing well for the agency.

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