Client - Anonymous employee Pinckney Employee Review

3.0
Nov 29, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very innovative. Great coworkers! Cool spot.

Cons

Leadership is lacking, they fail to stand up for their employees.

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Pinckney Response
2y
I am a little confused because you call yourself a "client" in your title, but then at the same time say great coworkers! Cool Spot. In our recent all call with the staff if you are an employee then you would know that our whole focus is our employees. We 100% take care of our people and do stand up for them. I do not understand the context of what you are talking about or how we could work through it. We take bi-weekly pulses of the staff and none of this comes up. If something does come up we have a committee that addresses and puts an action plan forward. So, I am honestly lost. I want to help, but there is something wonky about this review. I do not believe you are a client and I'm not sure you are an employee either. An employee that works for us has plenty of opportunity to learn and work through whatever might stress them a bit. There are more ways to communicate internally that are safe vs a 3rd party outside resource. I do not understand the goal of this review, but wish you well either way. However, we will address this with the committee.

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Pros

The only positive aspect of working at Pinckney was working with my fellow colleagues.

Cons

Pinckney is not a place that fosters growth. Leadership is extremely limited, making it very hard to learn from experts and grow professionally. Clients are put before internal employees on a daily basis even when they cross the line of professionalism. The head of the company will never come to his employees defense even when it is clear the client has over stepped which is a huge issue when working on an account team. The lack of ethical behavior is a very big issue at this agency, especially when it comes to a safe place for women to work. Management constantly spoke about females and their appearances and crossed the line far too many times. In addition, there a people in the agency who serve as the face of the agency and are homophobic and would often make comments about their strong dislike of the LGBTQ community which I found unsettling and highly unprofessional. This was especially troubling as they were one of the first people prospective clients and hires would meet. There were multiple office surveys that asked us if we ever felt uncomfortable or unsafe in the workplace and many of us answered yes. Leadership did absolutely nothing and never addressed the problem. Turn over continues to increase and the once very strong portfolio of employees is much smaller as they have fled for better opportunities.

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Pinckney Response
6y
Thank you for your review! I agree with you that there are some very unsettling things that will need to get addressed quickly. I appreciate that you wrote about it here. The purpose of any review is to make sure we can learn from it. I personally like everyone on the account team and I have always had a fierce loyalty to the entire group. People put their trust and their careers with PMI and I have fallen short. Also, thank you for these words you emailed to me when you left the company. From you: "When I walked into Pinckney on my first day I was not sure what I had gotten myself into. Fresh from college and even more fresh from a company that did not value their employees I was not confident and in need of guidance. Pinckney was loud, fast-paced, and I was definitely the new kid on the block. However, it didn't take long for Pinckney to become my second home. I was learning more than I ever had and had a team that truly cared about me. I no longer dreaded going to work but really and truly enjoyed it. I thought how lucky I was to love my job and really felt like I had found my place where I would grow not only as a marketing professional but as a person too." I always appreciated those words. I am not sure how that changed since that email, but I am open to an email or a phone call any time. All the best to you. I am thrilled you are doing well now and thriving.
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