Do not work here. - Anonymous employee Vertic Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are definite pros to Vertic. - Smart people - Stocked kitchen (no microwave) - Management is accessible when you needed to have a conversation - Open to change and improvement

Cons

What is interesting about Vertic is that it was started by business consultants so one would expect it would be run efficiently and well managed. Unfortunately that is not the case. Senior management is not on the same page about how hires, operations and other important things. It is still a mystery how the NY office makes any money much less a profit since there are not a lot of clients or projects. Account Management made up of one is actually project management in disguise and at the root of most of their problems. All tactics, no strategy. Account Management speaks and you actually scratch your head at what was just said. Account Management also runs people into the ground so they quit or not produce great work. Both are major issues that need to be assessed. Project Management was finally getting it together and then most of the team was let go. Statements of Work are gibberish and written with out any consensus from the people that have to deliver. Creative Director is based in Denmark and is stretched way too thin. Impacted client expectations and creative deliverables.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 12, 2023
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Pros

Intelligent, empathetic team members who care about each other and about delivering good work Good healthcare coverage

Cons

Inept and self-serving leaders who rely on their hardworking teams to get the work that they are unable / incapable of doing themselves, though will happily take the credit for Callous disregard for team’s time, availability, privacy or personal space Blatant favouritism among management and leadership with nepotism running rife throughout the company; good people leave or they’re forced. The bad apples bop to the top and stay insulated because of their closeness to senior leadership Loyalty above all to the CEO is paramount at Vertic. The CEO - who on a good day is a mediocre businessperson - mostly creates headwinds for the team who continually try to pivot around their wildly unpopular company policies, changing viewpoints or half-baked business initiatives. The view on the ground is that the team is just a money making machine for the CEO and their leadership team to line their pockets with Boring, repetitive, and overly complicated projects sold by sales and account teams who oversell and overpromise whilst providing teams with no support in managing client’s expectations Very few clients return, as most quickly realize that they have been sold in with promises that the small, over-stretched and under resource Vertic team cannot deliver on Massive pay disparity between management and mid/junior team members, particularly when it comes to foreign workers who are grossly underpaid and exploited

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