FleishmanHillard reviews

FH New York Consumer Marketing has the worst staffing module you'll see anywhere. FH lacks structure and there is currently a mass exodus of junior team members where talent is leaving faster than they can be replaced which results in current staffers absorbing the work others were doing on top of their original responsibilities. Senior leadership is aware of the problem but do nothing to find a solution. The account split / distribution makes no sense and it's not uncommon for all accounts to be blowing up at the same time yet the SVPs that run the business have no empathy or understanding of the workload and there's always a demand for more, more, more. They like to talk about the problem and pretend that they will find a solution but actually do nothing about it. All that said, have I learned at FH? Sure, I have but not from my colleagues or leadership but rather from necessity to stay afloat with client demands.

I considered leaving Fleishman’s DC office in March (when our GM and practice leads blindsided the staff with layoffs), and I decided to leave the company last month (when annual raises and promotions were announced). In both instances, I was struck by how carelessly office management treated their employees. In March, the downsizing process verged on inhumane – cutting some with 10+ years at the company and sending a junior-level girl to NYC on client business only to have her let go by the NY office upon arrival. From what I heard, those laid off received only 1 paycheck of severance. Then, in July, the raises offered to promoted employees were so minimal, some reportedly weren’t even in line with the rising cost-of-living in DC. Meanwhile, seemingly all upper-level managers took a pay bump.