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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1K reviews
2.0
Jan 2, 2022

No Work Life Balance

Recommend
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Pros

I think it really depends what you want out of a job. If you care about having top tier clients and industry respect, this is a great place for you. The company is expanding rapidly and are at the forefront of innovations such as Web3. It's a very global company so you get to work with people from all over. There's great benefits (WFH compensation, free therapy, you don't pay for health insurance, etc). They pay really well. With all their top tier clients, they have money. They really try to have team/company bonding and team spirit (however, if you are bogged down w/ work and stressed, the last thing you're interested in is another team happy hour. How about we actually change the work culture and not just put icing on a depressing situation?) Working from home during the pandemic is great. They've been doing a great job staying abreast w/ everything that has been going on with COVID

Cons

- There is absolutely no sense of work life balance. Working with those big clients come with a price and that price is your mental health (hence why they provide a lot of offerings for mental health and career coaching). I've had at least 2 panic attacks working there and I've only been there for 6 months... - The company is growing so rapidly that no one knows what's going on from a structure perspective. I attended the career coach sessions and they mentioned that literally everyone is confused about the company structure. - During the interview they mentioned opportunities to move within the company and setting up a funnel if you're interested in another part of the business. However, that in fact doesn't fully exist "yet" according to HR. This is extremely misleading especially because people come to this company expecting to do one thing and their role is completely different. I am currently trying to switch trajectories and it's just been very uninspiring process - Managers are so busy and bogged down that they are not mentoring or supporting their teams. I've had 3 managers since I've been here and I feel like none of them really attempted to learn who I am, my interests, or my career goals - Job titles are misleading. Producers are really project managers. It's not a creative role at all. I've never been so far from creative in my entire career.

2.0
Feb 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Many good people doing work to be proud of at the execution and service level

Cons

Senior leadership is bloated and ineffective. CEO, Sir Martin Sorrell, is completely out of touch, cruel and vile. Consistently sending politically-charged all-hands emails, and publicly harassing those who are brave enough to speak up. Has sent several emails voicing support for far-right presidents who are stripping their people of human rights. One employee was brave enough to respond directly to him challenging this view, SMS publicized it to the global alias and asked if anyone had any better ideas for leading the country.

2.0
Nov 5, 2025

Time to go

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Pros

Opportunity to work with big clients and grow. RTO is only once a week if you’re within a specific range of the office. Smart people. Unlimited PTO.

Cons

They cut benefits coverage, which felt like a pay cut. They DELAYED healthcare benefits communications and the enrollment period. They announced RTO in a very apathetic way (2 weeks heads up via email at 6pm on a Friday). Obsessed with being AI-first, forcing us to push products on clients that we don’t believe in. Company success is not strong and leadership is forcing deep integration across agencies. Staffing is like pulling teeth, where approvals take forever in a best case scenario or you just have to suck it up and take on the extra work of finance doesn’t see value in giving you a break.

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