Horrible management culture - Marketing Account Executive fatBuzz Employee Review

1.0
Oct 22, 2022
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Pros

For the most part there are genuinely good, young, knowledgeable, hard-working people at fatbuzz. Large variety of clients so you will gain experience working across a variety of sectors.

Cons

The management culture is atrocious at fatbuzz. You will get thrown in the deep end from the beginning, with literally no onboarding process and expected to produce results. You will receive little to no support for client work and be blamed for poor outcomes. No career progression unless the family favours you. Senior Management is horrendous. The Managing Director is the antithesis of what a business leader should be and fatbuzz's reputation across the marketing industry in Glasgow reflects his leadership. FYI their reputation is very poor. Very few employee benefits, they do little to nothing to make their staff feel valued. No flexible working as they don't trust you to work unsupervised. They have a half day on a Friday but that's really to keep their overall costs low. Their office is falling apart and a hazard to employees. Nepotism, Sectarianism, blame culture, and bullying are all features at fatbuzz. They are constantly hiring new staff as the business is a revolving door. I'm only writing this as a warning to anyone remotely interested in joining fatbuzz. There are far better opportunities elsewhere in which you will like a valued employee... you won't get that at this business.

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1.0
Jun 12, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

2pm Friday finish but you'll be so burnt out from the weeks work and dismal office enviroment/bullying that you'll spend this time exhausted or partaking in the rampant office alcohol culture which is concerningly normalised and encouraged

Cons

- family run business who makes their own family problems everyone else's business by having intense and heated arguments infront of staff which leaves everybody feeling incredibly awkward and juvenile - the office is covered in dog hair, dog waste and general grime. women's toilets are often clogged leaving them to queue for toliet and leaving a nasty smell. the whole office is falling apart, constantly freezing even in summer and covered in a thick layer of grime on every surface. it is not the preppy environment they try to give off on their socials. it is falling apart. - management does not know how to lead or how to be respectful to staff. they will talk about you behind your back (which unfortunately always comes back to you as they are often telling each others secrets when they have family arguments) - Low pay, no opportunities for pay increases unless the government raises the minimum wage - director constantly berating staff for his own companies lack of sales despite never listening to constructive criticism or willing to hear any feedback

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2.0
Oct 31, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with a wide range of clients and the people there are good fun.

Cons

Very high turnover of staff, management are not very good people managers (more of a dictatorship). They could do with bringing in experienced management staff. No real benefits, statutory sick pay as well

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