Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,291 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

31% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,291 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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1.0
Jul 6, 2025

Company not stable

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Pros

Enthusiatic and full of bright people and ideas.

Cons

No consistent company strategy which can often be frustrating

1.0
Jul 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Hmmm., Those who aren't at management positions are doing an honest and fair job. Few really good people - mostly chose to leave. So, overall, nothing great to mention. Experience has been negative and on the downfall after the first 6 months mostly.

Cons

Zero career growth opportunities. No transparency at any level. No hikes - distribution of hikes is unjustified and unfair. No standardised market pay. No new projects. No standard management policies. No standardisation within departments - anyone can be anyone's manager and Ops want to have a say in every department. Unfair treatment within regions. Undefined department hierarchy. No onboarding / off-boarding processes.

2.0
Jun 29, 2025

DO NOT DO IT

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Pros

Some client teams and people are great. Junior employees are a joy to mentor. Good benefits and depending on account and time of year it can be easy to step away for errands, etc.

Cons

Leadership will gaslight you so hard you’ll struggle to tell night from day. I raised bandwidth concerns to HR and was served a disciplinary doc a week later, despite recently being promoted, high visibility, previously called an MVP, and staffed on top accounts. My salary increased by 50% once I left (finally in line with market), and leadership scrambled to backfill, staffing AD slots with SAMs. Everyone is leaving. It’s a mess and top performers are continually taken advantage of. Seriously, don’t do it. At the very least, reach out to other previous employees before joining for more POVs. It was the best decision of my career to leave.

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