Horrible Culture - Advertising Manager Monks Employee Review

1.0
Jul 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Tough to say anything good about this company. It’d say pay was pretty competitive. Healthcare was actually good.

Cons

Poor staffing Lazy (to non existent) leadership Over worked: working 50+ hours a week Poor resourcing: accounts are understaffed Random fire drills: we are frequently thrown random fire drills. Stop drop don’t do anything or you’ll get fired type thing. Everyone’s concerned about their job and looking over one’s shoulder. In the agency culture, there’s a lot of finger pointing and it’d say the amount of finger pointing going on here is ridiculous. If you like instability, working long hours, awful clients, junior people left and right this is the place for you.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits and great coworkers Lots of room to Frow

Cons

Hard work life balance Sometimes unorganized

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Good pay. Started as a solid brand with talented coworkers.

Cons

No real upward mobility or promotion opportunity. Higher-level senior management is disconnected from creative leadership and tends to gamble a bit too much with client relationships. Agency promises a lot of benefits and growth opportunities for employees that do not come to fruition. When budgets get tight, they cut creative teams regardless of whether the account and employee have been performing well for the agency.

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