Great workplace at one point, has gone downhill. - Anonymous employee Tierney Employee Review

3.0
May 16, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Overall fun work environment. It gave tremendous opportunity for growth, especially for entry level employees. The new office in Center City is fun and in a great location. They offer fun parties throughout the year.

Cons

Mid-management, experienced professionals that do great work and train newcomers often left or were let go. Politics get in the way of people doing great work. People often backstab and lie to get their way to the top. Unless you kiss up, you won't get rewarded. Even if you're open and honest with senior management about your concerns and ways you can grow, they aren't transparent back and just say "we know and will work on it" but nothing actually gets worked out. You feel like you can't trust anyone and nothing will ever get worked out. It's unfortunate because great talented people can be here if not for the way the management works. Salary is also lower than most places if you start here at a lower level. People hired after you at the same level are known to make $10-$15K more than you, but when it's brought up you're told everyone is in the same range.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jan 27, 2024
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Pros

- Mostly young and outgoing staff across deparments, most people are very welcoming - Great office location in Center City - Part of IPG (Also a con) - Will be exposed to a lot of skills and experience due to everyone wearing many hats

Cons

- Poor management driving talented people from the agency. Run by PR-oriented people who do not fully understand other disciplines in the agency. CEO isn't very accessible unless it is about her favorite client. Nepotism in upper-management based on who is friends with CEO and President. - Struggling financially with having layoffs in 2023 including their CFO. Resulted in less hiring and very short-staffed teams. Did not let new hires know this, so they came in to learn why teams were so poorly staffed. - IPG has clamped down on them, resulting in Tierney trying to upsell clients much to their disinterest. - Have three anchor clients but losing one of them would cause a disaster, so agency is always on pins and needles - Lack of new business success, try to seemingly pitch everything even if they are not equipped to serve a prospective client - Burn out is high, you will work much more than 40 hours per week and there is no solve since management refuses to hire more staff

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