Pros
Work life balance is a plus. I've come from places that require you to be in person 5 days per week. Trimark never asked that. It is a culture where showing up is important on some level so if you would rather never show your face, this isn't the place for you. I never felt like I couldn't take time to take care of family issues, whether that was me or a sick kid. There were peak times when it was necessary to be live and in person, but being around some of the most brilliant coworkers I've ever encountered is a great balance that will definitely push you to be a better marketer and employee. The CEO gets in the trenches with everything (see more in the cons). I've been places where the top people couldn't do an iota of our jobs and the senior leadership at TriMark is just as brilliant as the people they've hired. They are, themselves out in the field pitching new business and, IMO they are the reason that TriMark won't ever fail, even if they falter and hit a rough patch. It's really cool to work in downtown Raleigh. The team in charge put a lot of effort into creating spaces for coworkers to interact with one another. Having diverse offerings is helpful to meet different people who are in different life stages. TriMark has the best benefits package I've gotten in my work tenure. It's not SAS level, but TriMark also isn't a tech company. With that, you don't get arbitrary layoffs that are only tied to shareholder satisfaction. The recent layoffs make sense when business walks out of the door.
Cons
Agency life is stressful. You live and die by what advertiser is happy with you at any given time. This coupled with a fast-paced environment is not for the faint of heart. Time Tracking sucks. The only redeeming quality is that I know of no other honest way to judge profitability in a field where clients will ask everything of you while paying you next to nothing, comparatively. Time tracking policies went back and forth a few times in my time at TriMark which can be daunting if you aren't a go-with-the-flow type person. Consistency in these policies could be better. Along with that, I can see people feeling like time tracking being tied to the perception of their worthiness as an employee. Framing could be a lot better in that regard. The company is getting bigger and with that, it can be hard to really get to know people. The tight-knit atmosphere that they used to have isn't as prevalent, but if you make the effort your coworkers are willing to meet you. Sometimes we oversell and over-promise at the beginning of a campaign and we inevitably have to figure out how to walk back for the sake of our campaign budget. We always met the moment, but you can tell it takes a toll on some people's sanity to go 100mph when the campaign SOW only called for 75mph.
