Is R/GA a good company to work for?

R/GA has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,122 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at R/GA to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about R/GA have been left by employees working as Senior Visual Designer , Producer and Creative Director .

Does R/GA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, R/GA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at R/GA. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at R/GA?

71% of R/GA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated R/GA 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at R/GA?

Producer (34) , Creative Director (33) , Senior Producer (30) , Visual Designer (20) , Design Director (17) , Senior Software Engineer (17) , Designer (16) , Senior Visual Designer (16) , Strategist (16) , Associate Creative Director (14) , Executive Producer (13) , Software Engineer (13) , Account Director (10) , Art Director (9) , Graphic Designer (9)

What are the pros of working at R/GA according to real employee reviews?

"Clientele is great and the people are even better." ((in 187 reviews)); "Pay was good in comparison to most competitors." ((in 30 reviews)); "Some great clients with interesting project opportunities." ((in 24 reviews)); "The benefits are good, but be prepared to work all hours and days." ((in 16 reviews)); "I've learnt a lot by collaborating with the best visual designers, copywriters, developers and other talented people here." ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at R/GA according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours; often a lack of clear direction from the top; inadequate number of staff often assigned to gargantuan tasks" ((in 45 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance" ((in 38 reviews)); "Half of creative leadership lacks the ‘creative’ to their titles." ((in 30 reviews)); "Almost constant layoffs over the last 4 years." ((in 14 reviews)); "Salary can be low and not equitative." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about R/GA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about R/GA layoffs and their outlook for job security at R/GA in 2026.

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R/GA reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(768 total reviews)

Sean Lyons

54% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

R/GA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 768 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The R/GA 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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Reviews by job title

768 reviews

2.0

Oct 17, 2008

Resign, get rehired with a huge promotion, repeat

Senior flash developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The work is very interesting and R/GA has many high profile clients. The people are also extremely talented and one of the best things about R/GA is being able to work w/ these people (although I would exclude a good portion of the recent hires from this description). Also, the company compensates people very well as far as salary and health benefits go.

Cons

There is very little recognition for regular, everyday employees and the tiny bit that exists often times gets directed at the wrong people/person. Also, employees ping pong back and forth between here and other ad agencies. When people quit, you know that you are going to see them working again at R/GA again within a year or so, and that somehow they are going to end up being your boss. Another thing is that the work day can be a very long day indeed, much more than the standard 8 hours.

4.0

Sep 30, 2008

Mostly great work and smart people striving for excellence, although sometimes fighting for recognition.

Account director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mostly highly creative people and a desire to create excellent work. (As the company has grown, they've been forced to hire less talented individuals across the board.) There are some very, very smart people that can be found there.

Cons

Compared to other companies, management doesn't display much concern for employees. There's a bit of a sense of being a piece of the machine. Additionally, R/GA has many shifting visions of itself and doesn't do a great job of communicating this within the company, or training people to succeed.

4.0

Sep 22, 2008

Great at work, could be better at business

Technical project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a very flat hierarchy, the team structure on accounts is very much like working a free lance environment. You are very much responsible for your own time. The roles of people tend to evolve organically out their specific interests related to their discipline which can be very powerful with a highly proactive group of people together on one team. The atmosphere is very causal and relaxed no hard hours, you are just expected to get your work done on time and on scope.

Cons

The lack of structure can also be a weakness if a group comes together where no one champions the project and if individuals responsible for their discipline do not own their work. We also seem to have staffing issues, we can never seem to fully staff and account. There are also issues regarding properly scoping and scheduling projects, rarely is appropriate amounts of time given to programming, although I've seen improvements as of late.

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