traumatic - Anonymous employee Inizio Evoke Employee Review

2.0
Jul 7, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Valuable experience, name brand clients

Cons

I experienced discrimination at the company and constant intimidation and harassment. I was explicitly told I was not welcome here. The culture was extremely toxic and I'm still healing from the experience. There was zero accountability from management for their contributions to the toxicity. There is an undercurrent of constant stress and anxiety at the company that can be felt top down. With so many changes (layoffs, team changes, loss of clients) there is no clear direction forward and the agency doesn't have its competitive edge. Work life balance was absolutely nonexistent and there was no respect for anyone's personal life. It's clear the company is in a desperate position and there is no culture of collaboration. Hostility is the norm. Pay was FAR below market value and raises and promotions were few and far between.

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1.0
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Pros

Some of the people there are great, but not many.

Cons

Layoff carousel, 2 rounds of layoffs minimum every year: one round at the beginning of the year and another early July with a few "oops, we lost another account" layoffs in between. Like clockwork ever year for at least the last 4 years. And you best believe they use that threat and fear or being let go to keep you working those 50-60 hour weeks. This is not an agency that values creatives. Its run by Client services who somehow have final creative say. The work they vomit out is bad, the deadlines are absolutely unreal, and its never enough. Toxic doesnt begin to describe the culture. If you arent in the popular kid's club (boot lickers) you arent getting ahead and you will be getting the extra work that comes down when they, yet again, gut an already skeleton crew. Leadership is non-existent and act perturbed when you need them to actual do their jobs. Major swaths of people going out on med leave for mental health reasons and everyone complains of burnout. Don't risk your mental and physical health. It is abusive.

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