It is what it is - Anonymous employee Absolute Digital Media Employee Review

Hmmmm where to begin.... This company preys on people who are desperate for jobs and those looking for experience. So those who are fresh out of university or those who are younger are their prime suspects! This then enables them to treat you like you are nothing because you don't have prior experience to compare it to. Your wage will be shockingly low, and you may as well be on Universal Credit or working Full time in retail. However the management team will act as if you actually owe them something and that you and your work is actually worth the little, pitiful wage they pay you. If you want to produce work that is ethical and something you can be proud of, then please be advised that you will not achieve that at Absolute Digital Media. On top of being treated like you are less than human, having a wage that is BARE minimum, producing less than ethical work, you are constantly watched by the management team. If you do not succeed in hitting there absurdly high and ridiculous targets then you can basically assume next week will be your last week in working there. (It will be a blessing in disguise though). As well as the unrealistic targets that are forced upon you in which you must hit, any idea or opinion you have to benefit the company and promote business will just be shut down and ignored because it is what it is. A digital marketing agency is meant to be filled with team meetings where individuals can bounce amazing creative ideas off one another, unfortunately at Absolute Digital Media this is not the case and the opposite actually happens. You also need to beware that even though you start at 9 they actually expect you to be in the building, at your desk and already working at 9. If you are ever late in the morning or late coming back from your assigned lunch break then you will be making the time up at the end of the day because it is what it is. (Yes you are assigned a one hour lunch break, that means you can not change it and you can't go to your lunch when you want because they treat you like a school child). If you have a doctor's appointment you will also need to make that time up (Also being generally ill or having a health appointment is frowned upon). The office itself is incredibly oppressive, there is no heating in the winter so you will be freezing and your fingertips will be ice cold. As for summer their idea of a satisfactory working condition in the boiling weather is to simply open the windows and the back door (this creates no breeze whatsoever). There isn't even a real kitchen, the carpets are stained, the furniture is second-hand and the walls are disgusting.