Management claim to put "people first", but only care about their bottom line. - Director MediaCom UK Employee Review

1.0
19 Aug 2020
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Pros

I liked MediaCom for the first couple of years. There are some good clients and most people are really nice, I never saw any bullying or anything like that. Training for planners is good.

Cons

MediaCom's big claim is that they put "people first". It's even in our email signatures. They make a big song and dance about how much they care about staff's mental health. However as soon as Covid hit they made almost 100 people redundant immediately. This was before any other agency in London. And they didn't even do furlough, just BAM a ton of loyal and high performing people suddenly just axed. These included people who are vulnerable, like older people (one of whom had worked for them for 30+ years) and people with lung conditions, people who lived alone and had been self isolating without any support, suddenly having to contend with redundancy in the middle of a pandemic. It's an absolute disgrace. Those of us who are left have had our eyes opened to how little they actually give a toss about their people. Staff are just a commodity and an expense like any other that will be culled at the first sign of trouble, Many of those of us left will be out of the door as soon as the jobs market opens up again. People don't come first at MediaCom, shareholders do.

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3.0
5 Dec 2018
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Pros

Great place to socialse, work with blue chip clients and the world biggest brands. This workplace has no places for errors and would teach you work discipline, and how to work well under-pressure and be advocate. You got to go to a lot of fancy places in Soho, and work with som leading media suppliers (GG, FB etc). It is a perfect place for graduates and if you appreciate a highly sociable workplace. It is said there is company politics, however I have not seen this within my team. You’ll get nice perks from clients, plus the offices are nice, got great cafeteria / free breakfast and basic food if you work later than expected.

Cons

IT infrastructure is not world-class Slow moving and reluctant to change, serious lack of innovation Salaries are low, within industry benchmarks lets not go compare it with in-house pay… Long hours due shortage of staff and inefficiencies of technology Billing system is ridiculous - you're gonna spend a good amount of your time administering POs dating back some times years You'll be a small clog in a big machine Slow career progress Too much responsibility and workload given to junior staff Learning is limited to “specialist industry best practices” - you won’t really get to see the wider picture of the media mix in a different context Enslaved to the client - literally

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4.0
21 Mar 2017
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Pros

You get a real buzz working with the nicest and cleverest people in the industry. There's plenty of opportunity for training and development, both in a professional and personal capacity and the business makes a point of looking out for eachother. The work/life balance project blend is an important and prominent part of what we do and you feel like you're trusted to make it work regardless of the hours you keep. The company has always supported me and i'm grateful for that. I really don't want to work anywhere else.

Cons

it's very dependent on the manager you have; you have to fight for recognition and exposure, make a fuss if you really want a decent pay rise, and shout when you're drowning. if you have a good manager, then this is in the course of your day, but with a shoddy one, it's easy to fall through the cracks. But i think that's the same everywhere. At least there are plenty of great people to turn to if needed, and it's encouraged to source support/network outside of your day to day.

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