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Extremely Bad Vibes - Copywriter Thinkso Creative Employee Review

1.0
Aug 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary. Good location in the city.

Cons

There is a lot of turn-over here, and I should have seen the red flag when I was hired pretty much on the spot. There were no formalities, and it's my fault for not seeing the writing on the wall. The senior writer there does NOT like competition and will go out of her way to squash someone who doesn't think exactly like her, making it impossible to advance. The partners say they have an exceptionally welcoming open-door policy, but the way the environment is there, you're made to feel as though you'll get fired if you say something in opposition to anyone. There are a lot of politics for such a small agency and if you're a talented creative, you are way better off somewhere else! Don't "thinkso," think NOT!

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5.0
Apr 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Management/Leadership truly cares about the employees and clients -Remote work but still feel connected to the team -Fairly flexible schedule for personal needs/appts -Everyone on the team is great and highly accountable for their work -Good systems & processes in place, especially for project management -Good learning opportunities for all staff -Good salary and benefits

Cons

The only con is when we have multiple deadlines on tight turnarounds and "after-hours" time is required - but this is true for all agencies. It ebbs and flows and Thinkso really tries to maintain work life balance whenever possible.

2.0
Jan 1, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The one upside for an agency like this that has a very irregular stream of income & client work is that there is often a fair amount of downtime, so after working on a busy project for instance there was often days afterward when there wasn't much to do. Not much of an upside but it gave time to job search to find a better place.

Cons

I've never encountered an employer which misrepresented itself so much in their recruitment interview of me as Thinkso did. Thinkso does very menial projects for its clients (think helping an executive polish up his/her powerpoint slides for an internal meeting), but in the job interview they described types of creative & ambitious work that they just don't do. So if you really need a salary in a short term, it's better than nothing I guess, but don't expect to grow your portfolio at all. It also seems very exploitive of them to hire interns. An internship is supposed to teach people new skills, but at this place the intern does such menial work that the internship won't help them land a job afterwards. I think the management here just views interns as cheap labor to be exploited, rather than as a chance to mentor someone.

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