Iris Reviews

3.3

68% would recommend to a friend

(389 total reviews)
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Steve Bell

85% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Iris has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 389 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Iris employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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389 reviews
2.0
19 May 2020

Makes their own kool-aid and drinks it

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Pros

- Flexible working hours - Free food on Friday morning and free flow Coke Zero. - Loud music is played on the speaker if you feel like zoning out, or need to channel your inner beast in writing slides with 3 words on it - Expert in diabetic care in case you happen to overdose on sugar from consuming anything edible in office. - Family friendly (Mothers, daughters, friends, are all welcome to help out on projects like making armbands etc) - Dog friendly (if you're not great at socialising, then you can bring a dog to build rapport) - Great health insurance in case you're allergic to dogs - Training on the job, aka the client's feedback will train you directly - Highly creative in all ways (great work includes billing clients for sending emails, income recognition, role reassignments - finance to marketing) - 360 feedback review in place, so you will receive advice from everyone, from the cleaning auntie to the IT department.

Cons

- Will focus on winning awards over winning/retaining clients. That' why there's more awards in the office than existing clients. - No transparency, but not surprising because management puts their priorities above the company's. - Doesn't know how to be profitable, meaning that you may be let go at anytime to fund any pet project - Emotions and egos run high, so difficult to give feedback

3.0
9 Dec 2015

Looks good on the outside but...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the most exciting clients in APAC region - Heineken, Adidas, Johnnie Walker - who do interesting digital content and on-ground activations for their campaigns.

Cons

Abusive management - I have had things said to me that shouldn't be said by management from each of the different departments and the HR rested on their laurels when I spoke to them. SG may have terrible laws to protect workers and no unions but you'll think there's such a thing as commonsense and being reasonable. Guess not. Besides that, it seems like they have no clue how to make iris profitable; that is, until Cheil bought them. Everyone is overworked with no proper time to think through what makes a good campaign. The planning team seems extraneous. You have to work with good planners from elsewhere and you can tell the difference!

2.0
1 Sept 2017
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Pros

Collaborative people, less red-tape and bureaucracy than most agencies, decent benefits

Cons

1. mickey mouse management - putting someone under 30 and who has no advertising experience as MD?!? 2. weak creative leadership - no ideas only craft 3. culture that does not welcome diversity - expats get preferential treatment 4. weak upper management - lotsa puff little results

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