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57 reviews
4.0
30 Aug 2025

Average workplace - can improve

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Pros

international big clients nice colleagues

Cons

hard to get rewarded and seen a lot of hierarchy/bureaucracy not really transparent when it comes to salary; bonus and team management

1.0
28 Jan 2026

Avoid, avoid and avoid.

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Pros

Creative teams are great to work with

Cons

- Awful toxic culture - 1:1 ratio for account & project management to the channel teams. - Very old ways of working, death by process. - Very odd senior leadership behaviour - They will work you in an early grave

5.0
4 Feb 2026

Would recommend

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Pros

There is a solid leadership team with a vision.

Cons

You need to work 3 days in the office (I guess a con if want 100% remote work).

4.0
13 Oct 2025

Nice place to work

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Pros

Friendly culture and nice colleagues Push for excellence in work Variety of clients Focus on wellbeing Collaborative Great Manager

Cons

Mixed leadership team in terms of alignment and competency Lots of processes often slowed the work down

1.0
30 Dec 2025

Stay clear

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Pros

The creative department are fab to work with and develop some wonderful concepts. Range of brands.

Cons

Toxic! The previous management teams were great, but the current cohort are horrid. Everyone out for themselves. Full on blame culture. Senior management openly saying that they are out to make people fail. Expectation of min. 10% overtime (unpaid) every week. No one keeps to core hours because the workload is so tremendous and unmanageable. Just horrid. If you have any value for yourself and your mental health then stay well clear!

5.0
12 Sept 2025
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Pros

good atmosphere and colleague teams

Cons

too stressful for capable team members

1.0
24 Apr 2026
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Pros

Despite the ever-mounting list of cons, there are some genuinely nice people that work here. That, and if you're more bothered about sounding impressive to friends than having good mental health, you also get to say you work at McCann...

Cons

Where to start. This is honestly the worst, and probably the weirdest place I have ever worked. On the face of it, it's McCann - they work with big brands, they do some cool work - the people seem nice. But the reality (maybe its just the Birmingham office as I can only speak on that and would like to think they're not all the same) is a place that feels stuck in the past, with antiquated software, a dusty old laptop you're handed to work on, a subpar benefits package, too many processes to keep a handle on and more meetings than time. Beyond all of that, its not a welcoming place to be either. Most of the senior staff have an air of arrogance about them that creates a very clear division between seniors and the rest of the business. There's a vibe of either being 'in' the clique, or not. And then to be fair, outside of a few genuinely lovely people, the rest of the team aren't particularly welcoming either. I was working alongside one member of staff and after trying and failing to make conversation with her at the start of a few meetings, I decided I just wouldn't say anything, and we both sat there in silence until the rest of the team arrived. I had the feeling that maybe everyone was just dreadfully unhappy there too (some people told me as much!) Like I say, an odd place to be. An office on an industrial estate with a well known name, but inside its normal to hear stories of people being made to cry, getting signed off due to stress or quitting. If that sounds appealing, go for it. But if you value work life balance, feeling good about your work and being happy Mon-Fri, I'd personally recommend avoiding this place.

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