Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,296 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

30% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,296 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Monks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Sep 19, 2024

Monks

Recommend
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Pros

Proper onboarding, good atmosphere, amazing clients, best in class tooling and capabilities. Leader in digital/ AI innovation. Very good international network.

Cons

Fast growth of the company in recent years means that management is always catching up on things. Too many verticals within the company combined an output/production driven way of working, making working on an integrated/ cross capability client a challenge.

4.0
Sep 18, 2024

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Recommend
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Pros

Good environment, kind people and experience

Cons

Difficult to grow, slow progress

2.0
Sep 17, 2024

Limited career growth and job security with a high dose of chaos

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the individual contributors and managers are exceptionally talented, fairly committed and great to work with. Depending on your part of the organization, you may still enjoy a reasonable level of autonomy. Compensation and benefits are decent. Depending on your part of the organization, you may be able to work fully remotely. Lots of geographic and cultural diversity and it's super fun to work with people all over the world. Great, well-known clients and some of the work products are world class.

Cons

The company is the result of dozens of mergers and acquisitions and it still feels like separate organizations, in many cases still with different processes and tools, which causes a huge amount of chaos. There is a lot of internal competition which makes cross-collaboration more difficult than it should be. Due to past mis-steps with financial projections, delayed public reports and lack of spending control there are Draconian cost control measures in place including no compensation increases, promotions or bonuses for most of the company. People are let go / laid off when they have been on the bench for 2 weeks. At the same time, there are still posh offices all over the world stocked with snacks and beverages that sit empty most of the time. A growing executive leadership team is often detached from clients, our teams and the work. People are promoted to leadership roles that are not posted or announced, creating a lack of equal opportunity. People who invest in social relationships with executive leadership are rewarded and those who work hard are overlooked.

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