Worst Agency encountered in my career- bad culture & financials - Consultant Known Employee Review

1.0
May 2, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

After working at this agency for over 2 years, the only pros are they have agile research methods & big name clients

Cons

1. Constant layoffs due to over-projection of financial performance. CEO priorities are to hire more C-suite and short-change everyone else- as a result many leaders (VP/Partners) and junior employees (including myself) quit and went to another agency 2. They do NOT let you take unlimited PTO because they overload the work 3. Expected to work late nights, weekends past midnight, everything is an emergency, and don't even think about pushing back- you'll get fired 4. Toxic upper management- lie about promotions and bonuses- never receive them due to poor financial planning, but C-Suite hires other Executive 'Yes Men' 5. Upper management takes huge amounts of PTO and squeezes junior employees dry in the process- they do not care about you 6. Cutthroat culture- I was forced to put together documents to fire other employees even when I did not want to. I saw so many people get fired (20+) in my time at this company. Don't walk... RUN away from Known.

Explore other reviews about Known

5.0
Aug 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing CEO and amazing coworkers. Continues to grow in terms of client work and is such a better place to work than some of the larger agencies. No notes!

Cons

None. Literally none. I recommend everyone apply here.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work; in terms of PTO, salary is decent. People are great! The CEO is amazing! Everyone is so kind and friendly.

Cons

Management is not very great; there is zero structure here. When we speak up about something, it doesn't ever change. Growth is hard, unless there are new clients.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All