Politics, favouritism, and disconnected management make this a horrible place to work - Senior Producer AKQA Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good people, nice rooftop, free drinks on Friday.

Cons

NO travel or parking reimbursement, NO reimbursement for travel to client's offices, NO gym reimbursement, NO cell phone / internet reimbursement, NO training budget ever gets approved, NO days off for training / conferences ever get approved, NO flexible vacation plan, NO lunches, NO work-from-home policy, NO modern equipment, NO leadership you can learn from, very rare to get time-in-lieu repaid for overtime / weekends / holidays worked, NO Christmas bonuses what so ever, horrible raises -- no wonder the average employment length is under 9 months. Think antiquated sweatshop with no vision or ability to sell, and that's AKQA in Sydney. Race to mediocracy because nobody at the wheel knows how to do anything other than BS clients and then farm the work out to contractors.

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5.0
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Pros

solid people, remote work, good work

Cons

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Design and Strategy teams on the west coast in 2021-2023 incredibly smart and strong in their craft. Overall it is hard not to be impressed with the output and some of what the brand can produce

Cons

NY and DC teams were unpleasant. Competitive fearful vibe compared to other creative and tech industries I have been in. My guess is because everything is based on what accounts and projects they can capture and during this time tech accounts were pulling out of further business as their markets slowed. WPP (the parent company) began lay offs and shuttered whole agencies exasperating this.

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