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

35% 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
Jan 30, 2023

Golden handcuffs and boring work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Flexibility with remote working - Extremely welcoming group of people - Company is growing and expanding rapidly bc of previous success - Good pay, amazing benefits

Cons

- Lack of interdepartmental communications and overall lack of processes - So much disorganization - those who had nothing to do with the disorganization then have to work weekends in order to hit a made-up client deadline that ends up getting pushed by the client anyways. You're not comped for the weekend work either. - Unlimited PTO is a scam. You will be asked to work/join meetings on those days off and guilted if you do not. You have to create your own boundaries knowing their opinion of you will lessen - Unhealthy relationship with some clients, getting pushed around bc they can't have honest conversations with them and rely on their business to keep place afloat - The literal work created is pretty small potatoes and never worth the last minute running around teams to do make things happen - Overall, the place feels like it's being run by old school ad people who think being worked to the bone is a sign of pride when really we're just making low quality ads inefficiently. - People are going to start dropping like flies if company doesn't figure out how to stand up to clients and put "deadlines" into perspective in terms of how it affects their employees and their personal time.

2.0
Feb 4, 2022

Unfortunately Slipping

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people work here - smart and kind. I have learned so much from amazing leaders and they are the reason why I have stuck around for so long. Great benefits.

Cons

I am coming into the company from an acquired company. Media.Monks hasn't had performance reviews in 2 years and the timelines are constantly delayed. We are losing people because only emergency promotions and raises have been awarded. And I guess it isn't seen as an emergency that the entire company hasn't had the process complete yet. Media.Monks grew through acquisition and I haven't seen the same level of care about employees since. We seldom have all-hands or virtual team events. To add, I feel work life balance has been impacted as well. Overall, it feels as thought the company has given up what made it special.

3.0
Jan 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There's plenty of opportunity to gain experience, up level your skills base, work with different and interesting people, but ...

Cons

... The company needs a LOT more structure and I’m not sure they fully comprehend the pricing and talent dynamics and variables of the business in which they're engaged.

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