R/GA reviews

Tells the world it's for the connected age but lets its entire development department go and hires more "creative teams" that get in the way of insight and true innovation. A lack of original thinking. Perpetuating the idea that you have to take crap for ~10 years before you get to speak in meetings. Everything is a joke, nothing can be taken seriously. Not even £M in client budgets. Office is stupidly cramped. Executive client meetings held in a kitchen the size of a small studio apartment while "cool" kids gather around the coffee machine and talk about last nights conquest, all because old white egomaniacs need meeting rooms booked in perpetuity for "jamming." Pure production house. Imagine management consulting in a pair of skinny jeans. Stay away!

Your work/life balance at R/GA is pretty dependent on who your team leader/producer is. While most of my projects here have been calm enough that I've been able to pull a normal 9-5 schedule, there have been exceptions where I have had to come in at a regular time, but stay late into the night, sometimes leaving as late as 2am. I was told by others who had been at the company for longer that this was unheard before, but it still stands that this was my experience for roughly 2-3 months as we neared launch. The review/promotion process at R/GA is also pretty frustrating and slow. The company is locked in to an annual schedule for performance review and promotions/raises, which means that you have to wait for quite a while for your good work to be recognized. If you're a skilled dev who's looking to move up quickly at your next gig, maybe this isn't the place for you. Finally, projects at R/GA are dependent on client contracts. If there's an unexpected change in a client's business plan, or if there just isn't enough work coming in for your particular specialization, you might find yourself on the way out.