Weber Shandwick reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,524 total reviews)
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Susan Howe

89% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Weber Shandwick has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,524 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Weber Shandwick employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jul 20, 2015

Giant of an agency untapped

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Pros

Individual team admin support, big agency name and clients. Relatively interesting work and the ability to cross-practice.

Cons

Each practice is too siloed with teams mixing within their own teams. Lacks a robust learning and development culture, especially for growing overall standards in digital.

2.0
Jul 20, 2015

Performance and metrics obsessed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some form of free alcohol on Fridays Occasional product freebies from new clients Funky, chic offices In-house coffee bar

Cons

Very thin senior management - usually one or two Executive Vice Presidents running teams of 20+ people. Often seems senior management is playing away on their phones or desktop reading the news, on social media sites or out at client engagements. They sit in a glass perimeter around a football field sized floor of trading-floor style desks where "junior" employees (up to Vice Presidents) are forced to be surveilled 24-7 by senior management. No work/life balance. "Paid time office" aka VACATION is something to take rarely and brag when doing it as if it were an indulgence. Often junior members are denied work days they have accrued or are contractually theirs. They're forced to take vacations around senior members busy schedules leaving "junior staff" to very beginning or tail-end of the year vacation days. Very little client interaction. Senior management keeps chinese walls around prized possession clients. Very little opportunity for junior members to be a part of new business pitches. They're just the work horses doing the data mining and grunt work. Obsessed with logging hours daily and must be 8 hours a day billable meaning NO LUNCH BREAKS. You basically have to account for the time you go to the bathroom as well.

3.0
Jul 15, 2015

Account Supervisor

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Culture clients challenge and opportunities

Cons

Pay demand burn out structure of accounts

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