Great team, great momentum - Anonymous employee Animalz Employee Review

5.0
14 Nov 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Animalz team is one of the smartest, most curious, and highly motivated I've ever worked with. At the same time, everyone's approachable and super helpful, which makes it fun to work and collaborate with different people. We also have a strong list of customers who lean on us for strategic direction and innovative content ideas. We're always challenged to think outside the box, making the work we do exciting, fun, and conducive to growth. The new CEO, Ty, has been able to bring a new vision and drive to the team (coming in after a very challenging year of contraction and layoffs). By refocusing our purpose around driving customer outcomes, he's been able to change our trajectory around to a positive one and provide stability.

Cons

The agency is still in a transitionary phase moving from the old business model to a new one. We've made a lot of progress, but we're still smoothing out new processes and operations, which can sometimes feel a bit seat-of-the-pants-y.

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5.0
20 May 2025
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Pros

Working with the best customers, helping them win

Cons

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4.0
22 Dec 2023
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Pros

The most recent iteration of Animalz is super focused on driving results and tracking metrics for clients, which is a pretty big change compared to the production-driven iteration of the past. We also have more offerings than what used to be almost strictly 4 posts a month. We're now just as focused on the marketing as we are the content. The writing is just a part of the offering and it's meant to serve the end goal (the client's end goal).

Cons

It's an agency, which means you have to move fast and you have the occasional long night. Weirdly, the worst part of working here is the organized and targeted (sometimes bizarre, sometimes concerning) harassment and continued bullying from former employees, even from those who haven't worked here for over a year (some of them 2+ years). Were the layoffs 7+ months ago tough to be a part of? I'm sure. Tough to witness? Yeah, of course. Poorly handled? Few argue otherwise. But layoffs happen. It's kind of sad to see talented people putting energy into needless harassment instead of their joys and passions. As far as I know, the couple people who stayed on as freelancers have regular work and we have a good working relationship.

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