Pros
The benefits working for CCGroup are out of this world and some of the industry best including: late/early passes, flexible working being some of them. It is clear they care about creating a company culture they're proud of. I met some amazing people here who I still keep in touch with now.
Cons
In truth, working here has shattered my confidence as a person and almost convinced me to leave the PR industry entirely. I didn’t feel supported by my mentor or many of my peers and I often had extremely unrealistic standards to meet. I was given objectives to work on with no real support/help to achieve them. There was an insane amount of importance placed on internal documents like WIPs/trackers and if you missed one update, whether it’s a task you directly worked on or not, you were automatically deemed a ‘bad worker’. At CCGroup, it is genuinely about being the ‘loudest’ person in the room. If you’re not loud and constantly bombarding team channels, emails with your name everywhere, then you’re not proactive enough - a nightmare for anyone who’s introverted or shy. No matter how much work you produce, it's not enough and not good enough. I was told that I'm not doing enough despite doing overtime because of my allocated hours and on paper 'I'm not busy', but everyone does more than just their allocated hours in PR. During my time here, one of my parents was going through serious health implications with their heart and I was underdoing the process of getting diagnosed with ADHD - very little support was given. There was absolutely no understanding or help from anyone and instead, I was just constantly, consistently told that my work is terrible. I was told, to my face, that ‘I have produced the worst work in the company’s history’ and that was because I hadn’t updated the WIP/tracker completely. For a company that loves to shout out about ADHD and mental health, I only felt alienated when I started to have problems and needed a helping hand.