Monks reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,288 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 1,288 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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2.0
Feb 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits were unheard of (good), until they changed them this past year. Remote working is nice. They pay you well if you prove yourself and work extremely hard. Day to day colleagues are good humans.

Cons

Understaffing is an understatement. Production is expected to do four times the amount of work and carry the weight of many departments, including account, even though account has three times the amount of people. Monks is constantly getting in their own way and making their own processes harder on themselves. Working 18 hour days is not enough, if things don't get done, there are still fingers pointed and it's an overall toxic environment where nothing is good enough. Leadership constantly contradicts itself. Refuses to teach their employees about AI but pushes the teams to sell it in. Leaderhsip is constantly investing dollars into projects. Production continues to remind account that the agency should be making money. I have not seen a clear vision or mission statement.

4.0
Jan 31, 2026

great while it lasted

Recommend
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Pros

Talented folks, passionate folks, high-level top of the line creative work and KIND staff. Variety of projects and remote.

Cons

Constantly working with new people can get confusing, but it somehow always worked out. Until...budget cuts, contracts changing = layoffs.

2.0
Jan 22, 2026

Lots of turnover, they're still figuring things out as they go...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary, remote work, generous time off and generally nice people (for the most part).

Cons

Monks has no idea how to budget or plan ahead, people get laid off (due to budget) all the time and many within the first year of joining. Also, they love saying they are "building a dream team" but there is so much turnover that you're constantly getting new people on your team.

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