Starshot Reviews

2.9

47% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

Brad Friesen and Brad Dalgarno

63% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Starshot has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Starshot employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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19 reviews
1.0
Feb 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

travelling opportunities with the events team

Cons

Lots and lots of politics which doesn't create a good environment. They created a hierarchy of ambiguous ranks and levels, something like a serious management consulting company would properly use, not a marketing agency. The only people I've seen advance or move up the ranks were friends with their boss. Very few people are true professional at what they do. Only 2-3 people do real design and development work, then there is this whole clump of VPs/Managing Consultants/Strategic Consultants/Consultants who have to manage and coordinate things they don't know how they work. Starshot also used to send this long propaganda emails with philosophical references but everything was portrayed exactly opposite of reality.

1.0
Feb 25, 2015

Starshot: Worst. Company. Ever. Should be zero stars.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, and Brad will promise anything to get you on board - flexible schedule, work from home, easy to take vacation, great work environment - the positives sounds endless. But it's all BS, bait and switch.

Cons

Easily the worst job I've ever had: - Role was not as promised - Benefits not as promised - Duties changed significantly for the worse within a few months of joining the company - Zero training - Zero team building - Zero leadership - Zero accountability, especially within management. - Zero collaboration or positive interaction. - Zero creativity - it's all farmed out to freelancers. - High levels of micromanagement, bullying and backstabbing - working here felt like a fraternity hazing exercise. - Terrible projects - boring, pointless, lame. Starshot doesn't say no to anything - this is the bottom of the barrel, the worst projects possible in the worst environment possible. - Overall, staff is very green and inexperienced. Not sure how anyone would advance, and there are no guidelines or mentoring provided towards how to promote. - Very high turnover. Virtually everyone is brand new. The few people who have been there more than a year or two (only 3 or 4 out of 35 employees?) were still doing the same job as when they started. During my time there, multiple people were let go - never heard of anyone being promoted.

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Starshot Response
9y
I can't promise that Starshot will be for everyone and unfortunately when things don't work out this can lead to negative feelings. I do hope that you found employment suitable for what you require. Best of luck.
5.0
Nov 13, 2016

VP

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

An agency with great opportunity for all working on some great clients. Think you are smart and talented then grow up and make this an important chance to shine. The best systems for client management.

Cons

If you need lots of hand holding visit mom. Highly talented and experienced leadership will teach but also expect results as this isn't daycare.

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Starshot Response
9y
Thanks for taking the time to post this comment! Starshot has a really great team in place and we have also greatly refined how we measure performance and accountability across the business. Certainly it can be demanding but at the same time, this is a two-way street. Managers across the agency are encouraged to lead from the front and to stay close to the work. We do our best to make sure that all staff are treated with respect and afforded opportunities to grow professionally.
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