Disorganized leadership and toxic culture - Commercial Operations Manager Monks Employee Review

3.0
Oct 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work being done for top tier clients and brands. Many smart and talented people that really care about and enjoy their work.

Cons

Horrible leadership across the board. Executives are misaligned and incapable of making decisions. Layoffs have focused on creative talent, not the bloated senior leadership and numerous redundant executives. They killed all the culture and the US offices are especially bad. There is generally a toxic workplace environment the promotes undercutting, political alliances, and cronyism, not actual talent.

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Pros

The team members who are in the weeds

Cons

* Low pay and lack of career progression. Last year I had my first raise in years but it was a VERY small increase that hasn't improved my quality of life unfortunately. This year they pushed the merit increase by half a year. There isn't a doubt among all of colleagues that this is an intentional move to get more folks to quit / save money. * High employee turnover. * Multiple waves of layoffs and departures since 2024. Lack of communication and planning around layoffs leads to us having to figure out solutions on the fly and it honestly does not seem like that leadership cares about how these layoffs are affecting the CURRENT business. * Rotating door of Execs who have no idea what's going on in the ground. We're just treated like numbers on a spreadsheet.

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